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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maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 10 months ago
What’s the scam?
drool@lemmy.catsp.it 10 months ago
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Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yes, we can count. I suppose the question was “So what? What is scummy in some viral post?”