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1. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ (dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2019 09:27:22 EDT Doc Edward Morbius ⭕

   Whoa — those goons buy their popularity?

   ...[I]f you look in to what some of the popular conservative names are spending on Facebook, you can see really obscene amounts are going out daily. Shapiro is spending nearly $20k a week, PragerU is spending $80k a week. pic.twitter.com/VbnGQHHwuI

   ...if you’re wondering why social media sites keep avoiding social responsibility, are being so cagey about not antagonizing fascists, all you have to do is ask who is paying them.

   https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/07/27/whoa-those-goons-buy-their-popularity/

   1. wireSnark :battery_charging: (chuck@linuxlab.sh)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2019 09:38:02 EDT wireSnark :battery_charging:

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      @dredmorbius have you seen the documentary on Netflix "the great hack"? A lot of this is spelled out during the financial analysis of adspend during the campaigns.