erik_larson

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   by erik_larson 14y ago

   Sorry about that. At the time I posted this, I just wanted to get it out in the world and move on. I felt (and feel) that Facebook had already wasted enough of my time. If I knew that ten thousand people were going to read it in a single da
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   by erik_larson 14y ago

   Here is a quote from one of them: "Yes, I do remember why I liked things in batches. Facebook suggests things for you to like in the right column on some pages. As soon as you click to like one of them, it replaces it with another suggestio
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   by erik_larson 14y ago

   That is a great point. If anyone does want to do the calcs ;), it's important to keep in mind the difference between what you do on Google when you are clicking around 'searching' for content, and what happens with these folks on Facebook.
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   by erik_larson 14y ago

   I wrote this blog posting. I am not claiming that these are bots or that Facebook is defrauding us in the strict legal sense. After a bunch of research, I believe they are real people, as Facebook asserted to me and to the BBC among others.