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What kind of conspiracy theory is this? Why does Facebook want to go to the expense and effort of building a useless profile of you?
by missedthecue 6y ago
What kind of conspiracy theory is this? Why does Facebook want to go to the expense and effort of building a useless profile of you?
- anders_p 6y agoFirst of all, "shadow profikes" aren't a conspiracy theory. They're a fact. Secondly, the profiles aren't 'useless'. They're highly valuable. Both for being able to present users with a targeted experience from day one & for controlling the internet-identity part of the online world. Which will surely only become more important with time, as more and more things from our lives move online.
- missedthecue 6y agoParent said "Also, Facebook doesn't track purely for better ads. That's the benign version. Facebook tracks because it wants to own the aggregate profile of "you" online" He's implying that they aren't doing this for better ads or targeting. I'm not saying that "shadow profiles" don't exist, I'm saying that they do, and they're benign.
- fortzi 6y agoIt’s not useless if they sell it
- missedthecue 6y agoWell he said they don't.