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Re:Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when y... by Klonoar on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:30PM (#25720843)
FWIW, I can tell you my father goes with whatever's in the ad 99% of the time. It's led to some... interesting... situations to fix.

But there are absolutely people like this, and FB makes money off of them in droves.

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Re:Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when y... by ALittleLight on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:42PM (#25720976)
Users who click on ads are probably the best users to have.
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Re:Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when y... by z3t4 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:19PM (#25722915)
Thats why Facebook are targeting them.
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