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My boss was telling me some stories about his time at facebook. During the 2012 election cycle facebook was making bank on election ads. There was a problem tho
by colinmhayes 6y ago
My boss was telling me some stories about his time at facebook. During the 2012 election cycle facebook was making bank on election ads. There was a problem though, when someone clicked x to make an ad go away they would never see an ad from the same source. Eventually, facebook wasn't able to show enough Romney ads because so many people had x's them out. My boss was tasked with turning this feature off, and he claims it was never turned back on.
- ballenf 6y agoI'd argue there are ethical issues in letting them turn it off. It makes the user less aware that the site they're using is accepting money from that ad source. It reinforces their bubble. And it overall makes them feel like the customer, when they're really not, which is deceptive. If FB let users click that button, but secretly broke the functionality, then that's a different issue.