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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by coffeebeqn on Friday October 27, 2023 @10:10AM (#38038647)
Everyone is getting paid by the number of impressions - not the quality of them. With incentives like this..
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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by j45 on Friday October 27, 2023 @10:21AM (#38038802)
Depending on the platform it can be other things too.

View time, remaining on platform, etc.

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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by nullindividual on Friday October 27, 2023 @10:32AM (#38038953)
What [ad] platform pays on anything but clicks?
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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by Kye on Friday October 27, 2023 @11:36AM (#38039922)
There's CPM (cost per mille [thousand]) and CPA (cost per action) too.
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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by j45 on Saturday October 28, 2023 @05:51PM (#38053729)
Cost per conversion is another one too. Technically an action too. :)
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