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Well, that is a rather clever use of Facebook Ads.

I knew a guy who tried to use them as a dating service, I guess the lack of incentive is what made his trial fail...

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One guy used them to prank his roommate:

http://ghostinfluence.com/the-ultimate-retaliation-pranking-...

(I was kind of disappointed that the "hypertargeted ad" link in the article went to a generic how-to article instead of that post.)

I didn't even click the link in the article because I was sure it would be this!

Amazing post! Will add to the article.

There was a case on YouTube where a (sort of) satirical YouTuber Reactor (a fake over the top reaction channel) used a cut up footage of GradeAUnderA hating reaction channels as an ad on GradeAUnderA's own videos to direct people to Reactor channel as part of a scheme to bait GradeAUnderA (a 2-3 million subscribed channel) into attacking his small channel (1-2 thousand subs post these antics, much more later after the scheme came to light) to "expose" him for being a bully, starting fights (despite saying how he hates them and how they ruin YouTube and attacking people who are having them) and so on.

What a quagmire, I know.

Good video summarizing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9_6UCkxu_U

> I guess the lack of incentive is what made his trial fail...

He should have offered a cash bribe. That would surely have worked.

You mean like free food and drinks? Basically a cash bribe to get her on a date with you.

That depends on your definition of "worked".

HN wonders about whether our industry truly is unwelcoming to women, meanwhile people openly joke about soliciting prostitution. “Riff culture” and “it’s just a joke” don’t make it acceptable.

Lighten up. The obviously bad idea of offering potential dates a cash reward is what makes this joke funny because in the context of running a Facebook ad campaign discounts and promotions are quite common.

What assumptions are you making about the industry I work in? edit: And the gender of the person adversiting..

Prostitution works both ways in 21st century. Given how women sex tourism is rising, I wonder wether men or women have less against prostitution these days...

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