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There are no question, it is so obvious - they make money by selling user's data to advertisers. What exactly they are doing - extracting a keywords form profil
by c00p3r 17y ago
There are no question, it is so obvious - they make money by selling user's data to advertisers.
What exactly they are doing - extracting a keywords form profiles, creating tag clouds from conversations or perform a statistical analysis - it doesn't matter. Data = money.
- axod 17y agoIs this a bad thing? I'd love adverts that were actually relevant to what I want. Why do I care if an advertiser knows I like cheese because I posted I like cheese on my profile once? "Selling user data" is pretty simplistic and puts a negative spin on it. They're not selling your credit card details or your contact details so 3rd parties can spam you. They're trying to give you relevant adverts based on your likes and dislikes.
- unalone 17y agoSomebody else commented a week ago saying that they thought it would be brilliant for Facebook to lease their ads the way Google does adsense. I know that I've clicked more Facebook ads than I've clicked any other advertisements I've seen.