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In reply to the discussion: New York magazine - 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise [View all]

RockRaven

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5. And add to your reading list that Reuters article about how scammy Meta/FB is, knowingly and purposely.
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sat May 16, 2026, 12:58 PM
20 hrs ago

In case anyone missed it:

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/



Social media algorithmically-driven feeds are a blight. The posts are fake, the trends are fake, the ads are fake. It is all full of fakery. To make money off of YOU. Be offended. Stop being a tool.

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New York magazine - 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise [View all] IcyPeas 23 hrs ago OP
Of course generative AI enables this sort of thing. And I found the last paragraph of the article chilling, highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #1
That leapt out at me too LearnedHand 22 hrs ago #3
+1 dalton99a 20 hrs ago #7
I thought my BS detector was fairly sophisticated LearnedHand 22 hrs ago #2
I guess... LakeVermilion 22 hrs ago #4
And add to your reading list that Reuters article about how scammy Meta/FB is, knowingly and purposely. RockRaven 20 hrs ago #5
The scale of the fraud .... IcyPeas 18 hrs ago #9
Kick dalton99a 20 hrs ago #6
Only NOW people are waking up to the fact GenThePerservering 19 hrs ago #8
Radio, television, films, magazines, newspapers...all advertising, all the time. pecosbob 14 hrs ago #10
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