Comments on: Report: Almost Half of New Facebook Profiles Are Fake http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/10/report-almost-half-of-new-facebook-profiles-are-fake/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jonathan Kleiman http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/10/report-almost-half-of-new-facebook-profiles-are-fake/#comment-16149 Jonathan Kleiman Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:45:40 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1847#comment-16149 20-40% of new profiles is not the same as 20-40% of the whole site 20-40% of new profiles is not the same as 20-40% of the whole site

]]> By: Nick Stamoulis http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/10/report-almost-half-of-new-facebook-profiles-are-fake/#comment-16082 Nick Stamoulis Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:13:18 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1847#comment-16082 This isn't surprising... I bet the ratio of fake to real profiles on Myspace is even higher. It's an epidemic? Why? I have no idea (except for the spamming reason - which I know isn't why all fake profiles are created). This isn't surprising… I bet the ratio of fake to real profiles on Myspace is even higher. It's an epidemic? Why? I have no idea (except for the spamming reason - which I know isn't why all fake profiles are created).

]]> By: dbrowell http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/10/report-almost-half-of-new-facebook-profiles-are-fake/#comment-16068 dbrowell Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:25:22 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1847#comment-16068 Facebook will have a hard time cleaning these, but they must to continue to have credibility and NOT become MySpace.<br><br>Although, to be fair, the title of this post is a bit overzealous and will likely get spread far and wide before the truth does -- that it could be true that as little as "Less than a Quarter of New Profiles Are Fake" which would actually be stunningly small given the spammer's aggressiveness.<br><br>20 to 40% is a pretty gigantic gulf when you're dealing with millions of new profiles a week. Facebook will have a hard time cleaning these, but they must to continue to have credibility and NOT become MySpace.

Although, to be fair, the title of this post is a bit overzealous and will likely get spread far and wide before the truth does — that it could be true that as little as “Less than a Quarter of New Profiles Are Fake” which would actually be stunningly small given the spammer's aggressiveness.

20 to 40% is a pretty gigantic gulf when you're dealing with millions of new profiles a week.

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