Facebook announces crackdown on fake 'Likes' Facebook will crack down on profiles that issue fake "Like" clicks on its site in an effort to reassure advertisers that its system works. "A Like that doesn't come from someone truly interested in connecting with a Page benefits no one," said the company on its security blog. "When a Page and fan connect on Facebook, we want …
The number of Facebook users will pass the number of people in the whole world in 2015.
So by 2015 there will be more Facebook users than people living on this planet and by 2017 it is estimated that Facebook users will exceed the number of people by 20%.
So this must indicate a number of fakes exist or that we have been invaded by......ALIENS!
Supposing you are a music band. People who "like" your band will receive updates about what gigs you are playing, and if you are playing near them, they might attend the gig. That is an example of where facebook advertising can work. Obviously it is very different to Google advertising where people search for a Ford Transit Van for example will get links to local van dealers and might buy the van from one of them.
... gives a rat's ass about annonytwat "up" or "down", one/zero twaddle. Mega-corporations which place value on such drivel are probably not going to last very long in the great scheme of things.
According to facebook, I have zero "friends" because I don't use facebook. Reality is ... well, reality ;-)
Honestly, my mind boggles at the sheer stupidity of it all.
Read the thread in context, from the beginning:
http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2012/04/02/Khaptain_Thumbs_down_and_Comments
I think beer was more important than "thumbs" on page 1 ;-)
Unfortunately, the first post of page 2 is what it is ... I should have opened another topic.
places like Fiverr.com sell 1000s of likes for just a few quid, i don't see how they can stop it as its not illegal just against the fb T&Cs which don't mean squat in the real world. If they suspend those fake accounts they will just create more, i suspect they probably have unused fake accounts and a large group of friends attached already sat there waiting to be used when needed
You don't need to buy 1000 likes for a few quid. For a few bucks on FB's own advertising, you just check the box 'target my ad at morons who click to like everything' (ok, I am paraphrasing, but you'll know it when you see it in the options) and hey presto, within a day or two you've got 1000+ likes from people all over the sub continent who appear from their profiles to be liking about 100 things a day and have almost ridiculously diverse tastes from death metal to the nolan sisters to flower arranging.
FB has been busted. It's a sham, their only income is essentially selling fake 'likes' because everyone sees these buttons everywhere and thinks their site has to have one. Real people rarely click 'like' even on things they actually like, and so FB offers a way to bung them a few bucks and get 1000+ likes no questions asked. Everyone wins.
It is only a matter of time before everyone has discovered themselves that having a FB button, even with lots of likes, produces no noticeable benefit. I think we're almost at the point. Once that happens, FB advertising falls off a cliff, they fumble around with charging users for the service, freetards abandon it en masse, and the business shrivels or gets taken over for a bargain basement price, if they're lucky.
Banks who invested and underwrote the shares lose billions. The taxpayer is shaken down for even more cash so that bankers can continue to fund their bonuses and drink the best champagne.
"Once that happens, FB advertising falls off a cliff, they fumble around with charging users for the service, freetards abandon it en masse, and the business shrivels or gets taken over for a bargain basement price, if they're lucky."
Then it must be the perfect merger candidate for Yahoo! Wait for the announcement.
Its rather sad that anyone gives the "Like" Bullshit any credibility at all, especially companies that are increasingly pandering to this.
In fact its kinda sad that anyone gives all the Arsefaceplace type social networking bullshit any credibility.
But I guess researchers working on the Jeremy Kyle show need somewhere to start research for the next car crash TV show
Everyone on my Facebook is either an actual offline friend, family or someone I went to a school with.
I don't play any of the games, block app requests.
When people spam their feed too much I just set it not to show me their posts.
I am fully aware that once I post something its out there forever and act accordingly.
I can't really see how its ever going to generate enough revenue to justify its current share prices, but the sites pretty useful.
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