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Re:Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook by JoshMnem on Monday June 19, 2017 @08:15PM (#14591362)
I wonder if it's a referrer check. `if referrer == 'facebook': display_ads()`. That way the original viewer doesn't see the ad-filled page, but anyone clicking on the Facebook link does.
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Re:Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @08:05AM (#14593868)
Yup, by default when you share a link using the official buttons it'll add tracking codes and referer query parameters to the request, easy to just slap on ads and crap if the link contains that.
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Re:Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook by Pxtl on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @09:37AM (#14594484)
I'm surprised FB hasn't handled this the same way Google penalizes you for hiding content from users that is present in for the bot.

If somebody is giving your users a 2nd-class experience, and you control the pipes, shouldn't you punish them?

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Re:Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook by markdown on Monday June 19, 2017 @08:42PM (#14591460)
The imgur method. Very annoying.
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