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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by cle on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:24AM (#18343538)
Do you not recognize the irony of asking this question on Hacker News? And for an additional layer of irony, Hacker News doesn't advertise either (that I'm aware of).
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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by bluecalm on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @04:15AM (#18344039)
HN regularly ban/kill political topics. Good or bad some topics don't belong here even if popular among users. Things like: "I want to be a governorn of Y region or representative of X country, here is my program" either won't get any traction or be killed. Buying ads is the cheapest and most effective way of getting eyes to your ideas. It's great it became more accessible. No wonder ruling elites in Europe want it banned tough.
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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by enitihas on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:56AM (#18343800)
Actually HN does advertise. Just yesterday I saw an add in the Google search bar for "news.ycombinator.com" on Firefox focus while searching "hacker news".
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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by manigandham on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:34AM (#18346561)
No. Irony implies expectation.

Do you expect people are all going to come online, visit HN or other forums, and then discuss politics willingly with potential candidates?

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