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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 01:27 PM Apr 2015

'click farms'

Celebrities, businesses and government departments buying bogus Facebook likes and fake Twitter followers from 'click farms'



Music companies make millions of dollars from duping social media
Fake LinkedIn connections make users appears more employable
Sales of fake Twitter followers brings in $40 million to $360 million


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534488/Celebrities-businesses-government-departments-buying-bogus-Facebook-likes-click-farms.html#ixzz3XJ0to3kJ
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More than 2 MILLION of Hillary Clinton's Twitter followers are fake or never tweet – and she's already under fire for 'buying' fake Facebook fans


Two different online audit tools say no more than 44 per cent of Hillary's 3.6 million Twitter fans are real people who participate in the platform

Her Facebook fan base includes more people from Baghdad, Iraq than any US city


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3038621/More-2-MILLION-Hillary-Clinton-s-Twitter-followers-fake-never-tweet.html

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'click farms' (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 OP
Not new. Been going on long since the inception of social media. leftofcool Apr 2015 #1
Yep, Romney received a world of shit for doing it. arcane1 Apr 2015 #2
yes deceit is an admirable quality Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #3
Dishonesty is dishonesty Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #4
 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
4. Dishonesty is dishonesty
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 01:55 PM
Apr 2015

I will wait for confirmation from a more reliable source, but if true it reflects poorly.

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