"Sorry, but there is no way a ton of people from Indonesia, Saudia Arabia, etc. have suddenly and amazingly become interested in a southern women’s blog (stylish as it may be). Besides, the Likes appear only on promoted posts."
Among the Asian nouveau riche and middle class fashion is a big deal. How do I know? Facebook friends.
The rest of his comments and conclusions might be accurate, but that bit sounds ignorant. Asian region/language-specific web communities are among the biggest in the world, and this includes fashion related groups.
Meh, I get annoyed when people try to make something seem racist that isn't. Is it so hard to believe that Asians would be interested in a style blog? No, that isn't the point. Is it hard to believe that a promoted post for an English language blog which isn't specific to Asian culture would be overwhelmingly clicked by people from Asian countries? Yes, it seems odd. That isn't really saying anything about Asian people - it is saying something about Facebook's advertising platform.
Either Asian people really love clicking on ads, something about their blog caught fire in several Asian countries, or else there is click fraud going on. The most obvious answer is the latter.
I get annoyed when people imply that I am trying to make something seem racist when I'm not. Just saying you'd be surprised about the massive interest for (Western) culture and style in certain parts of Asia.
As the author, I meant no disrespect (and I often come across as ignorant through no fault but mine). My point was that the Promoted Posts draw a disproportionate amount of foreign traffic and only involving Likes.
Among the Asian nouveau riche and middle class fashion is a big deal. How do I know? Facebook friends.
The rest of his comments and conclusions might be accurate, but that bit sounds ignorant. Asian region/language-specific web communities are among the biggest in the world, and this includes fashion related groups.