Perhaps you are friends with one. It sits unread in your collection of friends and family. It may seem pretty innocuous, it may purport to speak for someone’s new dog or kitten or even their newborn baby. We’re talking about one of Facebook’s 83 million phony profiles. The BBC points us to Facebook’s SEC filing, which says these accounts are unwanted, no matter how precious: Read More
A Long Island-based startup called Limited Run (formerly Limited Pressing) has raised concerns about Facebook ad rates and accused the company of asking for ad revenue in exchange for a page name swap. Juicy!
On its Facebook page today, Limited Run published an extensive status update explaining why it will be deleting its Facebook account. The company claims that it was charged for ad rate clicks, but that it could only verify where 20 percent of those clicks were coming from. 80 percent of clicks were from users with Javascript disabled–a rare setting for a typical user. Read More
