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Facebook reported fake numbers to advertisers

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618 points elorant | 2 comments | 19 Feb 21 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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dd36 ◴[19 Feb 21 15:15 UTC] No.26194030[source]▶
An aside, I still receive Inc. magazine despite not renewing my subscription 7 years ago... Is that to inflate the reach? I’m not arguing it’s illegal or anything. It makes me wonder how widespread misleading audience numbers are in ad-based businesses. Do I count? Do I count as reach for all the other ad mailers I get but immediately toss in the recycle bin?
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1. colejohnson66 ◴[19 Feb 21 15:22 UTC] No.26194091[source]▶
Probably. If you toss them out, they don’t know. With digital ads, they supposedly have a way to know if you clicked (or even bought something after clicking).
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2. dylan604 ◴[19 Feb 21 16:00 UTC] No.26194475[source]▶
Great, I have to deal with a broken web experience because of the heavy blocking all because of a suppoda?