Social media is a rip-off
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Much of the angst about social media revolves around how they deal with your personal data. They sell your attention to advertisers. They sell your online activity, tendencies, and interests to people who want to sell you products. Personally, this doesn’t bother me, because I prefer ads for things I am interested in over ads for things I will never buy, but your mileage may vary. I get it.
I reserve my outrage for something that you may have have given little thought. What really gets me is that we do all the work, but they make all the money.
It is said of social media that if you aren’t paying for the product, then you are the product. As noted, they sell your information to advertisers. But of course, the advertising is only effective if you actually visit the social media site.
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