Cory Doctorow on Nostr: For poor engagement farmers in the global south chasing fractional pennies that ...
For poor engagement farmers in the global south chasing fractional pennies that Facebook pays for successful clickbait, the content of the slop is beside the point. These spammers aren't necessarily tuned into the psyche of the wealthy-world Facebook users who represent Meta's top monetization subjects. They're trying *everything* and doubling down on anything that moves the needle, A/B splitting their way into weird, hyper-optimized, grotesque crap:
https://www.404media.co/facebook-is-being-overrun-with-stolen-ai-generated-images-that-people-think-are-real/13/
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