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Facebook doesn’t sell your data, they sell your future behavior. Being identified the advertisers hasn’t been the point for years. Facebook knows that, so they
by soupson 6y ago
Facebook doesn’t sell your data, they sell your future behavior. Being identified the advertisers hasn’t been the point for years. Facebook knows that, so they make a righteous play by saying they keep it safe from advertisers.
Facebook doesn’t sell your data, they sell your attention, and that’s much more valuable.
- newbie578 6y agoWhat does that even mean?
- zwkrt 6y agoWhat is an advertisement other than a calculated bet that X% of people will change their behavior because of it? What is a personalized ad other than a bet that /you/ will change /your/ behavior because of it? Facebook promises advertisers $Y billion user-hours per month by providing an enticing skinner box for social creatures and sells personalized ads to the highest bidder. “Sells your attention and future behavior” seems like a reasonable description.
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- soupson 6y agoHere’s some reading that helped me understand it: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3110319/privacy-power-clarissa-veliz-warns-impending-data https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/02/age-of-surveillance-capitalism-shoshana-zuboff-review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/02/age-of-surveil...
- newbie578 6y agoThank you