floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoI analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their traffic is fakejoindatacops.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1233arrow-down1external-linkI analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their traffic is fakejoindatacops.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·9 days agoSounds like another bubble ripe for bursting.
minus-squareBeej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·9 days agoI used to work in marketing as a dev and this shit never made sense to me. I didn’t investigate like TFA but I am 0% surprised by the finding. Incentives are all misaligned.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoIt’s systemic, and whether or not it’s perpetrated directly by big tech, they are the primary beneficiaries i.e. increased ad sales. This is a problem that requires regulation, which means it will not be addressed meaningfully, as that won’t happen anytime soon.
Sounds like another bubble ripe for bursting.
I used to work in marketing as a dev and this shit never made sense to me. I didn’t investigate like TFA but I am 0% surprised by the finding. Incentives are all misaligned.
muh KPIs!!
It’s systemic, and whether or not it’s perpetrated directly by big tech, they are the primary beneficiaries i.e. increased ad sales.
This is a problem that requires regulation, which means it will not be addressed meaningfully, as that won’t happen anytime soon.