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Re:Facebook's Desperate Smoke Screen by CandidlyFake on Friday February 09, 2018 @03:02PM (#16343390)
Has nothing to do with monetizing or social ill. Otherwise, soda, food, gambling, movies, etc wouldn't be allowed to advertise. And we'd ban most newspapers and cable news for being toxic for the masses.

The war on social media is simply about who gets control over people's minds.

Social media sites like Reddit, Google and even HN gave in to the elite. Facebook is holding out.

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Re:Facebook's Desperate Smoke Screen by AlexandrB on Friday February 09, 2018 @05:10PM (#16344296)
> Social media sites like Reddit, Google and even HN gave in to the elite. Facebook is holding out.

You're kidding, right? Facebook sells ad space to "the elite" at bargain basement prices. Never in history has micro-targeted propaganda been this cheap for someone looking to manipulate public opinion.

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