GreySquall

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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   Thanks for chiming in. What were the expectations you took away from my post? "cannot expect an even distribution across the demographics" - I mentioned that if there were even a modicum of distribution. I was driving home the ide
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   You raise a completely fair point, and conceptually I agree with you. Again, this entire example rests on the assumption that bots DO exist, which it sounds like they do based on everyone's comments so far. The point I want to drive ho
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   Thanks for chiming in. A few comments regarding your guidelines. 1) Change your targeting to reduce fraud clicks. - I did, and I actually had M, the Facebook Global Marketing Specialist, comment that my targeting was solid. If this becomes
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   The Veritasium videos on my post provide a decent counterpoint to the idea that there's a potential "credibility" upside of having a bunch of fake accounts like your page. For example, let's say you have a mix of 90% fak
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. Noted and updated with a better theme and format :)
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   Part and parcel of me writing this post was to speak up about this on behalf of other folks who seemed to have experienced the same exact issue of wasting their own ad money trying to increase visibility through Facebook. FB makes reaching
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   - Re: cultural differences in Facebook use, not fraud. Plausible. Based on this and the previous ads I've run in E/SE Asia, though, I'm still under the believe that something is askew. Re: Japan/Korea - Yes, collectivist
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   For the life of me, I have no idea. I replied above in another person's comment that it is no longer out of the real of possibility that one of FB's business models is to covertly financially support these click/like farms so
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   by GreySquall 10y ago

   The parts I didn't include in the post due to length were the previous ads (boosted posts, promote page, etc) I created and paid for before this very last one that I wrote about on my blog. Those previous ads raised enough red flags fo
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    by GreySquall 10y ago

    Indeed. I actually included (with links and credit) both of Veritasium's videos in the post. The rest of my post explains in detail my own experience with this problem, including data, screenshots, and my own email correspondence with
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    by GreySquall 10y ago

    Indeed, but the fact that this problem persists raises a few questions, not limited to: 1) WHY does this problem still exist, considering all of the resources at FB's disposal? 2) Where do these click/like farms come from, and wha