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In response to "Pizza shop in DC on lockdown after man with rifle comes in. Interwebs telling me its due to some fake on-line news conspiracy?" by ty97

One thing I am not clear on (though I suppose I could research). How exactly do you make money posting fake news to Facebook? -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Dec 4 '16, 13:52

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the same way google makes most of its revenue...nm - x Dec 4, 13:56
Theory: these sites are loaded with ads and the target audience is too dumb to use ad blockers. - Tim Dec 4, 13:55 13
- I don't use ad blockers for a reason. But I am dumb -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 13:57 12
  - Why don't you use them other than your perceived lack of intelligence? -- nm* - Krusty Dec 4, 13:58 11
    - Ad blockers seem pretty unnecessary now that I've refined which sites I trust and choose to visit often - con_carne Dec 4, 14:08
    - They aren't perfect and some of the stuff they block I do want to see. - Bacon Dec 4, 14:00 9
      - You can whitelist sites you like so they get the revenue from the ads you click. I do it for ST and other sites that I want to support. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 4, 14:03 8
        
        I like keeping the net open on my browser. Just a choice. -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 14:04 7
        
        Fair enough. Just wanted to put it out there just in case. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 14:05 6
        
        okay, stupid question - how do I go to a site I sort of like (CNN) and keep video/audio from autorunning when I open a page? -- nm* - crash davis Dec 4, 14:07 4
        
        You can try adding a flash blocker or HTML5 blocker extension to Chrome or Firefox. Another option is to use Tampermonkey. There's a script that will -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 4, 14:42 1
        
        thank you for this info -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 14:58
        
        You guys have the internet? -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 14:09 1
        
        yeah now, but its really new -- nm* - crash davis Dec 4, 14:09
        
        It's cool. The alternative is having pay to view sites. If everyone blocks ads that is where we go. -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 14:07
I'm not sure all fake news is about money (some is to benefit from disinformation). But money angle = clicks - ty97 Dec 4, 13:54 2
- okey, thanks to you and Will - I was wondering if Facebook actually paid out or was just a format to sucker people in -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 13:55 1
  - It's not horribly expensive to boost stuff on Facebook, and if your cram enough nonsense on your site you'll make money anyway. -- nm - Tim Dec 4, 13:58
Your website sells ads -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 13:53 3
- So on Facebook, you link them back to your website? -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 13:54 2
  - Precisely. On Twitter too. @ty97fakenews Hillary Clinton Child Sex Ring Proof. She doesn't want you to see this! http://www.makety97rich.com/HRC -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 13:56 1
    - link no worky -- nm - Loyola Dec 4, 13:57

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