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minus-squareEiri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’d have expected ad providers to catch on pretty quickly that there’s cheating involved, no?
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoNope. They just hear back about number of views and how it influences the shoppers and brags about how it works. I honestly think it’s mostly the idea of advertising that keeps it running as an industry. Like Facebook juicing their video viewership and recent news about Google using off screen ads in their views and impressions numbers.
I’d have expected ad providers to catch on pretty quickly that there’s cheating involved, no?
Nope. They just hear back about number of views and how it influences the shoppers and brags about how it works.
I honestly think it’s mostly the idea of advertising that keeps it running as an industry.
Like Facebook juicing their video viewership and recent news about Google using off screen ads in their views and impressions numbers.