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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by chki on Friday October 19, 2018 @06:51PM (#18260666)
Does he actually believe this? It sounds like a marketing fluff piece that some intern had to make up.

I mean the guy is Facebook VP for Europe and probably knows very well that business reports (for example) are not digested "in a quicker way" if you make a 3 hour video out of them.

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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by nerdponx on Friday October 19, 2018 @07:01PM (#18260705)
Apparently "information" is a euphemism for "attention".
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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday October 20, 2018 @04:57AM (#18262436)
Nicola Mendelsohn is a she. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Mendelsohn
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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by chki on Saturday October 20, 2018 @09:14AM (#18263152)
Oh, thanks for clearing that up! Although the name can be either female or male (and is probably even more likely to be female) and the article doesn't indicate the gender I just assumed that it was a guy.

I guess it shows that my perception on the industry is still very much influenced by stereotypes; no matter how much I would like to think that I'm immune to that.

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