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Facebook reported fake numbers to advertisers

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618 points elorant | 1 comments | 19 Feb 21 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source
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burmer ◴[19 Feb 21 17:35 UTC] No.26195558[source]▶
The article mentions fake or duplicate accounts but not those that exist for dead people either [1] which would seem to become more and more important over time.

1. https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/29/50-years-therell-dead-people-...

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Bukhmanizer ◴[19 Feb 21 17:57 UTC] No.26195837[source]▶
This is one of those things that I’ve seen HN complain about numerous times, but would you really want FB trawling through the obituaries trying to find out if you’re dead?
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1. bluGill ◴[19 Feb 21 20:04 UTC] No.26197423[source]▶
Yes I would. There are a lot of people on my friends list (ie those I went to school with years ago) who I wouldn't get any notice they are dead without facebook telling me. I think of one person who died in a motercycle accident, if it wasn't for facebook I wouldn't know the difference between dead and just quit showing up in my feed. It doesn't matter in the long run as we never were more than classmates, but I'm still glad I know.

The knowledge that someone is dead isn't very sensitive. I still control how much facebook knows about me, but some information is worth giving facebook because they will let my friends know.