• Boz (he/him)@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    …so the endgame here is bots that can make purchases, but immediately return what they bought for refunds?

    • Buckeye@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Lol I guess maybe! My industry isn’t set up that way (I don’t work in retail e-commerce) but that’s obviously the bigger ad targets on social. Retail can definitely track return metrics though.

      I think it would be hard to get bots past most sophisticated purchase data tracking, but it depends on what you target for that tracking. Like I know a lot of TikTok marketing is built around understanding you aren’t going to get a lot of click throughs on the ad but it is about building brand awareness. If you are just looking at impressions it is a lot easier for bots to sneak in.