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Do Not Advertise On Facebook Until You Read This
I suspect at least some of these "booklicant" users are people attempting to build up fake profiles that look real.
They do this by liking a lot of advertisers, which makes their profile look more populated.
endianswap
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Thank you, I couldn't think of a scenario where individuals would want to automate ad clicking on Facebook, but this makes complete sense.
jpalomaki
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Very good point, I think this could also explain why a bot would spent time and resources "clicking" ads (I believe there was another post HN where it was suspected 80% of the click came from bots).
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They do this by liking a lot of advertisers, which makes their profile look more populated.