Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
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Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#2It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage about it. I agree with Mark Cuban here [1], they should do more to make sure each account has a real user behind it, even if it means less revenue. It's just the right thing to do.
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#3It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage about it. I agree with Mark Cuban here [1], they should do more to make sure each account has a real user behind it, even if it means less revenue. It's just the right thing to do. [1] https://t…
It's worse than not being incentivized to remove fake accounts - they are _actively_ incentivized to be selective about which fake accounts they "detect".
How many of David Brock's bots have been removed from Twitter?
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#4It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage about it. I agree with Mark Cuban here [1], they should do more to make sure each account has a real user behind it, even if it means less revenue. It's just the right thing to do. [1] https://t…
The only practical way to do that is to take a credit card and run a test transaction against it. If Twitter had tried that it would have died in the nest. People wouldn't take the risk for an unknown benefit. A large portion of their current tweeters still wouldn't, or couldn't provide such proof.
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#5https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726214
"Link to this post in three years and ponder in its prescients... Web 3.0 will be born in the death of the heavily botted social networks."
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#6It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage about it. I agree with Mark Cuban here [1], they should do more to make sure each account has a real user behind it, even if it means less revenue. It's just the right thing to do. [1] https://t…
The only practical way to do that is to take a credit card and run a test transaction against it. If Twitter had tried that it would have died in the nest. People wouldn't take the risk for an unknown benefit. A large portion of their current tweeters still wouldn't, or couldn't provide such proof.
They just need to actually open up verification to everyone not just saying they are but in reality keeping the same requirements that are so subjective.
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#7It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage about it. I agree with Mark Cuban here [1], they should do more to make sure each account has a real user behind it, even if it means less revenue. It's just the right thing to do. [1] https://t…
Bots will only increase as AI improves, and throwaways are important. They should definitely be honest about their numbers, though.
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#8It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage about it. I agree with Mark Cuban here [1], they should do more to make sure each account has a real user behind it, even if it means less revenue. It's just the right thing to do. [1] https://t…
Is a brand considered a "real name and real person"?
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#9It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage about it. I agree with Mark Cuban here [1], they should do more to make sure each account has a real user behind it, even if it means less revenue. It's just the right thing to do. [1] https://t…
> .. FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts
What makes you think Facebook isn't prioritizing this? I'm not questioning whether you're right about this, just curious about what made you draw this conclusion.
Re: Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries into Fake Accounts
#10https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726214 "Link to this post in three years and ponder in its prescients... Web 3.0 will be born in the death of the heavily botted social networks."
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