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Is it possible that it's not fraud, but instead users accidentally clicking advertisements (which then register on facebook's end) but the user quickly realized
by jotto 17y ago
Is it possible that it's not fraud, but instead users accidentally clicking advertisements (which then register on facebook's end) but the user quickly realized their mistake and closes the browser (so it doesn't get registered on the owner's end)?
- il 17y agoThat would mean 20-50% of Facebook users have ninja-like reflexes that let them close a browser within milliseconds of clicking an ad, before a redirect is recorded. Unlikely.
- TrevorJ 17y agoYou don't develop those skills unless you have been rickrolled at least 200 times. Joking aside, you are right. It is unlikely that this is anything but a flaw on Facebook's end.
- jotto 17y agoI don't think it's as unlikely as you suggest. Click an advertisement on Facebook, you'll see it redirected as Facebook registers it in a few milliseconds, but you'll have several seconds before the actual targeted site loads and can easily close it.
- il 17y agoThe tracking on the advertiser's server also takes a few milliseconds before you're redirected to the landing page.