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jsemrau on May 18, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Elec...

Bot DAU's are a fraudulent metric. FB ( and other social media sites) have been using this for quite some time to inflate their performance.

spookthesunset on May 18, 2018 [–]

Really? You think Facebook has an army of bots trying to inflate their metrics?

cycrutchfield on May 18, 2018 | [–]

It wouldn’t be the least ethical thing that Zuck as ever done...

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