why do people buy facebook posts? arent they all free?

I’m stumped why people BUY faceobook posts… aren’t they all free? Thanks.

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Welcome to the SDMB, debcroweapple.

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Moving thread from About This Message Board to In My Humble Opinion.

How do you buy Facebook posts?

People buy facebook posts? Is this something new? I’ve never heard of it.

There are companies that generate fake friends and posts for companies and I would imagine there are people desperate enough for Facebook fame to do the same for a personal account.

I know a local musician who is desperate for fame, period. Yes, he’s on Facebook and, yes, he has supposedly paid for such nonsense.

sorry will reread instructions… not navigating here well.

I’m thinking it’s not unlike all the idjits selling Twitter followers. “Pay me money and watch your Follower count triple!” or some such nonsense, using a bunch of fake Twitter accounts set up by Ukrainian high school students for a ruble a hundred.

If you set up a Page for a business, say, and you make a post then only a fraction of the people who have liked your Page will have the post appear in their own timeline. Paying Facebook increases that percentage.

It’s basically paying to promote a post.