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A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months (www.engadget.com)

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

What's the scam?

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago

Not strictly a scam, but there's a little money to be made creating viral content on Facebook. They receive a tiny portion of the ad revenue from Facebook when they generate engagement.

It's just Facebook sucking really.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Thanks 🙏

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