The Beginning of the End for Fake Accounts?

Posted by cendrinemedia under Social Media
From http://blog.paper.li 3609 days ago
Made Hot by: fundpr on January 2, 2015 10:17 am

A few years ago, Klout changed its algorithm to offer users more accurate and transparent scores. The team explained that this would lead to a big decrease in people’s scores.

When members realized that they had lost between 10 and 20 points overnight, many took to Facebook, Twitter, and their blogs to vent. The whole event triggered a passionate wave of conversations on the value of social influence.

The discussion was ignited again this month thanks to Instagram.

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Written by lyceum
3603 days ago

Cendrine: I am sure the incentive to pay for posting on social media channel will bring out the good stuff, and the spam will decrease over the time.

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Written by lyceum
3608 days ago

I look forward to end for fake accounts in the near future. It could be fixed if you had to do a micro-payment for using different social media accounts, or if you had to prove your identity in some way.

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Written by cendrinemedia
3603 days ago

I'm not sure if it would even work.

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