I guess the urge to rake in those ad revenues is higher than taking care of any fake ads - who has the time and people to do that, right, when they could easily clamp down on "dissenter" views a few years ago on user's feeds/posts? (that last part was sarcastic, in case of any doubt)
Reason for not looking to closely on who spends ad dollars:
They need to offset massive, overshooting CapEx on "AI" as much as the next company.
A year or two ago, Facebook was full of ads for discount US postage stamps. The USPS says stamps never go on sale. I reported the ads and was notified that they did not violate the company's terms of service.
I haven't posted anything on Threads and only look at it once a month. I continue to get new follower notifications from halfway around the world at a fairly frequent pace.
Generating lots of ad dollars is the only thing that makes sense as you have pointed out.
I guess the urge to rake in those ad revenues is higher than taking care of any fake ads - who has the time and people to do that, right, when they could easily clamp down on "dissenter" views a few years ago on user's feeds/posts? (that last part was sarcastic, in case of any doubt)
Reason for not looking to closely on who spends ad dollars:
They need to offset massive, overshooting CapEx on "AI" as much as the next company.
A year or two ago, Facebook was full of ads for discount US postage stamps. The USPS says stamps never go on sale. I reported the ads and was notified that they did not violate the company's terms of service.
I haven't posted anything on Threads and only look at it once a month. I continue to get new follower notifications from halfway around the world at a fairly frequent pace.
Generating lots of ad dollars is the only thing that makes sense as you have pointed out.