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Scams upon scams: The data-driven advertising grift (anotherangrywoman.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Woland@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"Digital advertising is a scam from top to bottom. In fact, it’s several scams stacked on top of each other, wearing a trenchcoat, and some of the foundations of fibs are so effective that otherwise reasonable people entirely buy into them."

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[–] i_understand@mastodon.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@emptyother @Woland massive social media platforms is the worst thing to happen to the web.

[–] grizzledgrizzly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

The only thing I see social doing well is amplifying messages via cheerleaders and providing a channel for servicing the external client.