Unfortunately for $FB, they may have bigger fish to fry than user revolt over cloying UX dark patterns. The "Facebook reaches coveted non-existant people (NEP)

Unfortunately for $FB, they may have bigger fish to fry than user revolt over cloying UX dark patterns. The "Facebook reaches coveted non-existant people (NEP) demo" story would be amusing, if it weren't symbolic of greater industry-wide risks concerning click-fraud scrutiny. But of greater concern as investigations into Russian meddling of the election heat up, is that $FB profited enormously from microtargeted ads specifically engineered as part of a program of mass psyops. With everyone looking for a scapegoat, this could result in actual indictments. Why Nobody Can Trust Facebook http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-11/why-nobody-can-trust-facebook http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-11/why-nobody-can-trus... Facebook Wins, Democracy Loses https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/opinion/facebook-wins-democracy-loses.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/opinion/facebook-wins-dem...