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    Facebook: 8.7% of users are fake

    A Facebook IPO report claims that up to 8.7 percent of all accounts on the social network are fake, replica, or undesired

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    95% of those fake accounts are probably news comment section trolls
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    I love the parody accounts. I remember seeing screencaps of God's, Hitler's and Bernie Madoff's. Obviously the Hitler one didn't go down well with the people.
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    I think those stats are seriously understated.

    However I would be more interested in how many users employ advert blocking software or extensions.

    Bet advertisers would like to know that too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alloytoo View Post
    I think those stats are seriously understated.

    However I would be more interested in how many users employ advert blocking software or extensions.

    Bet advertisers would like to know that too.
    AdBlock downloads would probably be quite a good indication.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fudzy View Post
    AdBlock downloads would probably be quite a good indication.
    A lot of users also use extensions like Social fixer and FB Purity to hide ads and other crap.
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    Malema's account???
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