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Facebook Working To Weed Out Fake Likes

Posted by timothy on from the click-here-to-weed-out-fake-likes dept.

jfruh writes In the early days of brands on Facebook, it was crucial for companies to garner as many "likes" as possible to boost their image, and that led to some unethical businesses selling likes that came from fake accounts. Now Facebook is informing brands that they're working to root out fake likes, leaving like counts lower but realer. Now if only I could get my relatives to stop clicking on pictures that say they like puppies and are against cancer.

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  1. Re:ISIS arrested in Minnesota and California today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Putin's fault - bomb Putin instead.
    Place where ISIS comes from is already in ruins (thanx, among other things, to attempts by some to bring 'democracy') better bomb Russia - gets better footage too as the foreign journalists do not get beheaded there (yet - who knows what Putin is up to).

  2. Re:Realer? by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree, there is nothing annoyinger than imaginary words.

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