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submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's brilliant!

"Why are people not clicking on ads enough, give me ideas on increasing engagement!"

"We could use AI to browse the internet on behalf of people, so they have to see and click the ads?"

"That's brilliant, you've earned yourself a promotion!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would've simply invented self-clicking ads. Save a ton on AI upkeep.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Or just make up the click counts. Both those and malware click bots are probably as old inventions as website ads