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Esifer

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Is it me or there is serious astroturfing going on in this thread? There are bunch of new accounts with no submissions, 1 comment and 1 karma posting one-liners like:"Awesome","Pretty cool", "Looks interesting"... Just check last 10 accounts on bottom of this thread.

Not really. Have in mind these are retargeting ads. Lets say you visited Shop X and checked out different laptops on that website. Now you are on Facebook and there is post by Shop X in your feed featuring laptop you checked out on discount. Isn't that relevant to your interests? You already showed intent by visiting shop's website.

Fight Club quote: "A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."