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Re:GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work, Pulls $10 Million Account by pg on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @06:50PM (#3979353)
Interesting side point: the WSJ article was on HN first (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3978537) but Forbes's rewrite of it got all the upvotes because the WSJ article is behind a paywall.
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Re:GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work, Pulls $10 Million Account by zackzackzack on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @08:43PM (#3979757)
Probably part of the business plan for Forbes. "Watch WSJ, anytime they have a hidden gem, rewrite it and send it out." Forbes did it with the target targeting parents to be article with the New York Times: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...
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Re:GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work, Pulls $10 Million Account by dexen on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @04:50AM (#3981102)
However you slice it, paywall is bothersome -- one more click to go through, with no added benefit. Let's hope the `netizens' will vote with their feet more often.
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