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A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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Not strictly a scam, but there's a little money to be made creating viral content on Facebook. They receive a tiny portion of the ad revenue from Facebook when they generate engagement.
It's just Facebook sucking really.
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