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Anecdote time: I just got back from VN after a 2 month stay. Culturally, the people there really like liking and growing their social network. I was shocked

by itake 10y ago

Anecdote time: I just got back from VN after a 2 month stay. Culturally, the people there really like liking and growing their social network. I was shocked at how active many of the people I met while traveling there were active on Facebook. People, that I knew spoke 0 english, would like many of my text only English posts. I took a photo of one girl in a costume and she posted it on Facebook. One day later, she had over 600 likes. Based off of these experiences, I think 90% of Facebook liking is done by VN girls lol. She had tagged me as the photographer, and suddenly I got about 20 friend requests. I would not be surprised at all that these are real girls clicking on your ads. TL;DR: Based on my experiences of living in VN, I think those likes were done by social-media crazed vietnamese.

TurboPaved 10y ago
Agreed, depending on what VNese city you're in, FB use in VN and the US differ dramatically. When I was in HCMC, generally speaking people use FB in the same manner that we're familiar with. When I visited a much smaller province about 2hrs away, those who I met during the week there were VERY eager to friend foreigners (since foreigners in their city were so few and far between compared to the big cities), and likewise they were very active on FB, liking everything and everyone.
rasz_pl 10y ago
>People, that I knew spoke 0 english, would like many of my text only English posts so what you are saying advertising on FB for asian markets is pretty much throwing money away, and any engagement stats are meaningless trash.
- Kiro 10y ago
  There is a market in their native language, you know.
- lmm 10y ago
  Gresham's Law is at play here. If you advertise for likes, guess what? You'll get likes! If you want a different kind of "engagement", you have to make sure that's what you measure.
- itake 10y ago
  I would at least filter out VN girls from my adverts lol.

by itake 10y ago

TurboPaved 10y ago

Agreed, depending on what VNese city you're in, FB use in VN and the US differ dramatically. When I was in HCMC, generally speaking people use FB in the same manner that we're familiar with. When I visited a much smaller province about 2hrs away, those who I met during the week there were VERY eager to friend foreigners (since foreigners in their city were so few and far between compared to the big cities), and likewise they were very active on FB, liking everything and everyone.

rasz_pl 10y ago

>People, that I knew spoke 0 english, would like many of my text only English posts so what you are saying advertising on FB for asian markets is pretty much throwing money away, and any engagement stats are meaningless trash.

Kiro 10y ago
There is a market in their native language, you know.
lmm 10y ago
Gresham's Law is at play here. If you advertise for likes, guess what? You'll get likes! If you want a different kind of "engagement", you have to make sure that's what you measure.
itake 10y ago
I would at least filter out VN girls from my adverts lol.