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by rvba 1679 days ago
Interesting that Facebook doesnt have a translitetation service to spy on them?

Also it sounds so strange that facebook does not have any Khmer speakers who could help them understand what is going on in the country. How do they translate the site or sell ads there? Or they simply dont, since the market is too small?
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disgruntledphd2 1679 days ago
>How do they translate the site or sell ads there?

Historically, FB used to let users translate the site (presumably they don't do this any more).

And yeah, Cambodia is not a large ad market (not enough rich people) so it's unlikely that they have a sales team based there.

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bellyfullofbac 1679 days ago
Musing out loud: I wonder if FB knows who the Cambodian elite are, and have targetted marketing for them, probably in English.

Geez, if I had a social network and no morals and no fears of getting caught (or the fines are cheaper than the possible profits), I'd quietly try to sell "eyeball access" to high net-worth invidivuals, who I can easily find in the database. Although who'd want this access, aren't Facebook ads just mostly scams nowadays?

(I just realize I get a lot of ads on Instagram, and most of them look legit enough)

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