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		8note on March 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “User engagement” is code for “addiction” I don't think the eyeballs are the product. Eyeballs don't need to be advertised to because they don't spend money

Nasrudith on March 4, 2021 [–]

Spending money is the assumption but that is unworkable as a metric for a third party. Far easier to say you did your part with x views than whatever janky curve on attributed sales would result in.

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