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Old 07-21-2010, 06:19 PM THREAD STARTER               #1 (permalink)
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How many are bots and spammers versus real human beings?
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I bet at least 25% are bots, scammers or multiple accounts (I know many who've had to create new accounts because of hackers, too).
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Probably 5% of all FB accounts are hacked/stolen.
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Seriously! It has been biggest achievement for any private new company who had innovated unique social networking idea in superb way
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No offense but it's not new, a private company, or a unique social networking platform.
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I bet more than 50% are Spammers, dead accounts or bots or internet marketters ... seen some internet marketers selling those accounts in 100,000 + packs...
so i guess 50% should be real people.. still good go.
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not really that bigger achievement, many just create then leave their account because they find it boring which it sort of is.

I'm just waiting for facebooks fall then the new social network to uprise
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It would be interesting to see how many are active real users. I also have a Facebook account, but I access it only to accept friend invitations (not to seem rude ) and do not spend any time there.
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I bet more than 50% are Spammers, dead accounts or bots or internet marketters ... seen some internet marketers selling those accounts in 100,000 + packs...
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so i guess 50% should be real people.. still good go.
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Yep. This'll be the "Spiceworld" of 2010

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Yep. This'll be the "Spiceworld" of 2010
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It was such a nice day as well. Sun was shining, Birds were singing, Squirrels were busy making other nasty little squirrels, Countries were getting along in a nice non-fatal way...

And you had to speak of that abomination and ruin it all
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Facebook has an alexa ranking of 2, so it is the second biggest site NOT owned by google in the world
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I know. Osama was coming out of hiding before I posted this. I'm so ashamed of myself
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You just had to didn't you?

It was such a nice day as well. Sun was shining, Birds were singing, Squirrels were busy making other nasty little squirrels, Countries were getting along in a nice non-fatal way...

And you had to speak of that abomination and ruin it all
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I bet more than 50% are Spammers, dead accounts or bots or internet marketters ... seen some internet marketers selling those accounts in 100,000 + packs...
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so i guess 50% should be real people.. still good go.
I totally agree. Most people I know have an account for their pet, a fake account that's a joke/test, and some even have a "friends" account under a fake name that's far more active/real than the "professional" account they have setup under their real names.

Google isn't ignoring this either, did you guys read about the 100million that Google invested in Zynga?

Google Secretly Invested $100+ Million In Zynga, Preparing To Launch Google Games

That's a pretty "for sure" sign that Google will be taking on Facebook very soon.

Since I already trust Google with more info than Facebook it won't take much to win me over.

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OMG.. no, this is real?! Wow.. I am so shocked they pulled that off. Even more shocked that I want to see it. ;P

Never did watch spiceworld.. I'm guessing it was as bad as it sounds?
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Hi,

I heard on the TV Friday...That"FB" now has 16% of the total Internet PPC advertising currently.

And the advertisers that where polled planned on the average to "raise" the amounts they are going to spend advertising on "FB" from anywhere from 5x to 100x...what they are spending now.
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Must be working for more than just a few...

If anyone can find the article or video on this...that would be great.

I saw it on: Fox ~ CNBC ~ Bloomberg....I have not found it, but I am sure it is out there....sorry I cannot remember the exact show I heard this on.

But it was last Friday....outside chance Thursday.

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