New study finds bots and fraud farms responsible for 73% of web traffic::undefined

    • Ethalia@feddit.ch
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      11 months ago

      As long as real users exist on the internet, marketing will follow. If centralized social media will be even more of a shithole than already is, then they will slowly target the decentralized. You won’t escape marketing.

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        11 months ago

        But if 73% of traffic is fake, and they monitor traffic to determine sentiment and marketing strategies, then who are they actually marketing TO?

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          11 months ago

          Those left over who are still human.

          But you do bring up a great point, what happens when the Internet is nothing but bots/shills?