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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by Nextgrid on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:01AM (#32118793)
You could argue that SO at least gives you some benefit - there are badges you can earn for popular shared links.
Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by thih9 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:06AM (#32118843)
FB also claims their tracking is beneficial, they can show you more relevant ads this way.

Perhaps there are benefits to everything; is the cost, i.e. losing privacy, worth it?

Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by Nextgrid on Saturday July 16, 2022 @12:32PM (#32119587)
True but the same can be achieved with just asking the person about their needs/interests or using only public data for ad targeting.

Second, this only applies to Facebook users, and yet they also track non-users despite them not even going to be showed any advertising.