L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoNew study finds bots and fraud farms responsible for 73% of web trafficinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1643arrow-down1external-linkNew study finds bots and fraud farms responsible for 73% of web trafficinterestingengineering.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoBut if 73% of traffic is fake, and they monitor traffic to determine sentiment and marketing strategies, then who are they actually marketing TO?
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoThose left over who are still human. But you do bring up a great point, what happens when the Internet is nothing but bots/shills?
But if 73% of traffic is fake, and they monitor traffic to determine sentiment and marketing strategies, then who are they actually marketing TO?
Those left over who are still human.
But you do bring up a great point, what happens when the Internet is nothing but bots/shills?