← Back to context Comment by binary132 2 days ago I don’t think advertisers want to spend money for bot clicks. 3 comments binary132 Reply Viliam1234 1 day ago That's why the social networks don't want to talk about the bots, but they are happy to have them. nullocator 2 days ago Or maybe they do, because the big open secret in advertising is that they do spend quite a bit of money on exactly that ryandrake 2 days ago I don't even think it's a secret anymore, open or otherwise. As long as Vanity Metric Goes Up, it doesn't seem like anyone, anywhere, actually cares how much "economic activity" is fake.
Viliam1234 1 day ago That's why the social networks don't want to talk about the bots, but they are happy to have them.
nullocator 2 days ago Or maybe they do, because the big open secret in advertising is that they do spend quite a bit of money on exactly that ryandrake 2 days ago I don't even think it's a secret anymore, open or otherwise. As long as Vanity Metric Goes Up, it doesn't seem like anyone, anywhere, actually cares how much "economic activity" is fake.
ryandrake 2 days ago I don't even think it's a secret anymore, open or otherwise. As long as Vanity Metric Goes Up, it doesn't seem like anyone, anywhere, actually cares how much "economic activity" is fake.
That's why the social networks don't want to talk about the bots, but they are happy to have them.
Or maybe they do, because the big open secret in advertising is that they do spend quite a bit of money on exactly that
I don't even think it's a secret anymore, open or otherwise. As long as Vanity Metric Goes Up, it doesn't seem like anyone, anywhere, actually cares how much "economic activity" is fake.