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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by GrinningFool on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @05:03PM (#19323355)
> You'll get ads better suited to you. The horror!

Plus all kinds of bonus disinformation based on the profile your data has provided!

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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by cm2012 on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @05:28PM (#19323571)
The vast majority of disinformation is from organic posts, not ads, and don't benefit from tracking.
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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by frabcus on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:05PM (#19347116)
"Organic" posts can have their ranking boost by money... Essentially, there are no organic posts. It is all advertising.
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