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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by Azkar on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:07PM (#12256555)
But Facebook doesn't get any cut of a sponsored post. (meaning a company paid an individual to write a post)
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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by dragonwriter on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:11PM (#12256596)
> But Facebook doesn't get any cut of a sponsored post.

"Sponsored Stories" and "Promoted Posts" (one of which I expect is what was meant by "sponsored post") are the names of specific kinds of Facebook ads.

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