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		tyang on April 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why we don't sell ads (2012) Selling ads isn't cool. You know what's cool? Giving your user info to Facebook to mine and monetize.

soci on April 25, 2014 | [–]

I shiver of fear just thinking that my whatsapp chat data is crossed with the info facebook has from my profile.

The worst is that I cannot convince all my address book list to not use whatsapp anymore.

We are all in a trap!

guyzero on April 25, 2014 | [–]

Facebook monetizes things by selling ads.

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