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2016 Postmortem

Alex4Martinez

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1. Facebook makes a lot of money that way. Groups pay to promote their pages.

Reply to FlatBaroque (Original post)

Mon May 16, 2016, 11:07 AM

May 2016

For some community work, I've done this, promoted a Facebook "Community" page.
You can buy likes, a few dollars for a few dozen likes. And I'm sure that bigger buys result in landing first or second in those recommended lists.
Pretty brilliant, how data mining and sharing and selling visibility on a FREE social media thing made whats-his-name a billionaire!

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Here's how Facebook is f'ing with you [View all] FlatBaroque May 2016 OP

Facebook makes a lot of money that way. Groups pay to promote their pages. Alex4Martinez May 2016 #1

I always go through chervilant May 2016 #2

Good idea vintx May 2016 #3

This needs to become a standard practice for as many people as will do it. FlatBaroque May 2016 #7

OMG I just started doing that today, which is why I posted this thread. FlatBaroque May 2016 #6

I don't use facebook, it annoys me. nt bemildred May 2016 #4

For a middle aged person like me, facebook is pretty annoying FlatBaroque May 2016 #8

No shit. nt bemildred May 2016 #9

Facebook is my go-to for polling. nt. NCTraveler May 2016 #5