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Inside Social Media's Fake Fan Industry

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 26, 2012 @05:43AM from the propping-up-the-industry dept.

jfruh writes "It's an open secret that many high-profile users of social media networks pay to pad their fan counts. But what you do you get for your money? One blogger decided to shell out some cash to find out. Instead of the real human fans he was promised, he found himself followed by a motley collection of obvious fakes created by non-English speakers and accounts that seem to mainly exist to spam porn links."

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First Fake Post by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-26 05:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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first by CosaNostra+Pizza+Inc · 2012-10-26 05:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:The real problem... by bluefoxlucid · 2012-10-26 05:56 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Big deal, there's fake people on the internet.

I know, we should be examining the real problem of fake tits on women. Sure a slim, curvy girl with big knockers is nice; but we all know a B-cup barbie doesn't need double-Ds.

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Re:Let me be the first to say by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-26 05:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

No, next I'm going to tell you it is "you're" not "your."