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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by loveistheanswer on Thursday March 11, 2021 @03:00PM (#26428334)
>Someone will have to explain to me how is that any different than a tabloid, or even a legacy newspaper/news broadcast.

Speed, scale, pervasiveness, profitability, automated algorithmic microtargeting based on individual psychological profiles.

>The more shocking it is, the more eyeballs it attracts and the more add revenue it gets.

It's the same concept, just taken to a never before seen technological extreme.

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