Every layer of abstraction and complexity is another chance for fraud and the advertising and content generation industries are layered like onions. These busi

Every layer of abstraction and complexity is another chance for fraud and the advertising and content generation industries are layered like onions. These business models seem like they’ve been modeled after real world JIT manufacturing logistics. Deliver X units of product A to site B on this schedule to meet these quotas and fulfill this growth pattern. But real world manufacturing chains deal in real physical goods that can be easily verified at the point of use. But in the world of online content manufacturing, all the intermediary products are ephemeral electronic side effects of human action that are easily duplicated artificially. I hate to say that this world is due for a bubble burst but I hope it happens sooner rather than later. Because if it’s working as envisioned currently then our world is going to get more and more unpleasant.