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		nullocator 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI im... Or maybe they do, because the big open secret in advertising is that they do spend quite a bit of money on exactly that

ryandrake 4 months ago [–]

I don't even think it's a secret anymore, open or otherwise. As long as Vanity Metric Goes Up, it doesn't seem like anyone, anywhere, actually cares how much "economic activity" is fake.

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