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sl8

(13,720 posts)
Sun May 20, 2018, 07:58 PM May 2018

New data shows people actually increased their Facebook usage after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

From http://www.businessinsider.com/people-increased-facebook-usage-after-cambridge-analytica-scandal-2018-5

The backlash that never happened: New data shows people actually increased their Facebook usage after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Jake Kanter

• Facebook weathered the worst of the Cambridge Analytica data storm and actually increased usage, according to figures cited by Goldman Sachs.

• Deutsche Bank also found that Facebook's purge of 583 million fake accounts had "little to no impact on audience reach."

• It seems the #deleteFacebook backlash never really arrived.

• The data will give CEO Mark Zuckerberg confidence as he prepares for a crunch week, in which he will be grilled by top EU lawmakers.

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New data shows people actually increased their Facebook usage after the Cambridge Analytica scandal (Original Post) sl8 May 2018 OP
Big Data designed it just for them . They can't quit it now lunasun May 2018 #1
The world is well an truly fooked ... NO ONE CARES. Period. (n/t) Moostache May 2018 #2
Well that's interesting. I just saw an ad for facebook underthematrix May 2018 #3

underthematrix

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3. Well that's interesting. I just saw an ad for facebook
Sun May 20, 2018, 08:11 PM
May 2018

on a cable show I was watching this morning. I closed my account.

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