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Re:'Your Frustration Is the Product' by frmersdog on Thursday March 19, 2026 @12:36PM (#47442126)
IIUC this is how ads on 4chan work. I learned this during my brief foray into targeted merchandising (https://www.temporary-url.com/9CBFE). Everyone on a given board at a given time was seeing the same ads.
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Re:'Your Frustration Is the Product' by frmersdog on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:16PM (#47524565)
>When the temporary url dies, it becomes a referral link to cryptocrap.

Huh. Good to know. Please don't click it anymore, thanks.

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