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by OliverJones 3424 days ago
Another comment has mentioned poisoning the FB database with fake clickstreams, etc.

It looks like skillful black hat marketers have already succeeded at poisoning FB's content. Read this Vice story, then delete your FB account and delete the cookies from your browser. Friends don't let friends use FB.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/big-data-cambridg...

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The video referenced in that article is truly amazing/disturbing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Dd5aVXLCc
Fascinating read! I am enlightened.