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New study finds bots and fraud farms responsible for 73% of web traffic (interestingengineering.com)
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New study finds bots and fraud farms responsible for 73% of web traffic::undefined

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[โ€“] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But if 73% of traffic is fake, and they monitor traffic to determine sentiment and marketing strategies, then who are they actually marketing TO?

[โ€“] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Those left over who are still human.

But you do bring up a great point, what happens when the Internet is nothing but bots/shills?