How does social media generate revenue? (lemmy.world)

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What do people who own social media platforms gain from it and how? Where do they get the revenue from? I know that ads make up some part of it but is the revenue generated from ads enough?

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[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Yea, I mostly meant selling your data to advertisers, but in the case of big companies the ad platform is ofcourse internal.

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago

Advertisers don't see any of the data though. What the companies are really selling is your attention.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 1 month ago

They sell your eyes and your mind.

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