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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by wizzwizz4 on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:11AM (#30205361)
> Facebook was only able to attribute about 50% of the sales to the ads, it should have been close to 100%.

Word-of-mouth exists. It's possible Facebook wasn't making it up. Did you use a Facebook-specific link in the ads?

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by samwillis on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:21AM (#30205429)
> Word-of-mouth exists

True. However in this case we are confident, based on our own internal tracking and metrics, that this is correct.

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by geoduck14 on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:00PM (#30211327)
>True. However in this case we are confident, based on our own internal tracking and metrics, that this is correct.

I'm really curious what you sell now. Can you tell us?

If not, can the rest of HN create fun speculations?

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by danudey on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:11PM (#30211465)
Maybe they had a drop-down saying "How did you hear about us?" with just "Facebook Ads" and "Not Facebook Ads", that's my theory.
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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by lkasdlkdad on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:53PM (#30215258)
Check his profile, he sells posters.
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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by SllX on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:15PM (#30211515)
> If not, can the rest of HN create fun speculations?

Human armpit-scented cat toys.

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by bduerst on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:04PM (#30212235)
Mechanical keyboard keys that are 10" tall for standing desks.
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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by Guest42 on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:24PM (#30213458)
Subscription beach towel service printed with top 5 memes by volume
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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by wizzwizz4 on Friday February 04, 2022 @07:57PM (#30215839)
Minecraft parody as a service
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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by nerdite on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:11PM (#30214814)
Lord of the rings themed oscilloscopes.
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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by Ntrails on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:38PM (#30213654)
> Did you use a Facebook-specific link in the ads?

I do sometimes find it odd that such a thing is insufficient for tracking sources of traffic in and of itself. No doubt there is a complexity that I have missed

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