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Comment by munificent

I know this is a loaded term, but I find it interesting that globalization plays a key role here. I would be surprised if the economics of click farms made sense without involving third-world employees generated ad revenue in first-world denominations.

Better wages in those countries would likely eliminate fraud like this. It's essentially an arbitrage opportunity to buy first-world denominated "attention currency" at third world click farm worker attention prices.

parent munificent 5 years ago

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