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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by ianlevesque on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:43PM (#25634997)
Hey now, my friends dogs and kids are very interesting! Or were when they used to go outside...
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by ogre_codes on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:32PM (#25635788)
If they could, they would eliminate dog/kid photos entirely because they don't make money off that stuff. They just show you enough of your friends dogs and kids to keep you around to view the profit generating crap.
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by munificent on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:45PM (#25640477)
> They just show you enough of your friends dogs and kids to keep you around to view the profit generating crap.

This was the realization that finally tipped me over into getting off Facebook.

I realized that every time I was posting pictures of my life to share with my friends, I was providing the bait that drew them in and forced them to watch ads and other drivel.

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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by adamc on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:54PM (#25636115)
It works because many FB users (probably the vast majority) don't fact-check anything. I've lost count of the number of times I did and found it to be untrue.
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by unishark on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:51PM (#25641460)
> If they could, they would eliminate dog/kid photos entirely because they don't make money off that stuff. They just show you enough of your friends dogs and kids to keep you around to view the profit generating crap.

Therefore it makes them money.

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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by ori_b on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:48PM (#25641832)
In the sense that bait on a hook fills a fish's belly.
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by thaumasiotes on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:27PM (#25642104)
No, in the sense that bait on a hook fills the fisherman's belly.
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