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Companies pay bots 63B per year, while they try to reach humans (nexertise.com)
2 points by tzofit 30 days ago
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It's disturbing that these mega advertising channels (LinkedIn, Meta etc.) allows this. Because if they didn't, they would lose billions.
It's true, but the system seems to be running the way it is for decades. What's the proposal?
Verify that a human engaged. Don't assume someone clicked on a banner. Verify that a "human" engaged with the campaign.