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I've wondered this for a long time.. Facebook is another one I've wondered about. It was common practice for anyone I knew who was playing Zynga games that the
by walru 14y ago
I've wondered this for a long time..
Facebook is another one I've wondered about. It was common practice for anyone I knew who was playing Zynga games that they'd create second, third, and fourth FB accounts, as you received perks for having friends playing the game along with you.
This wildly skewed those 'accelerated growth' numbers that led to the over evaluation of both FB and ZNGA.
I'm curious, once everything shakes out, if all these companies earning extravagant evaluations on the backs of the number of users they have will be audited, or taken to court for gross negligence, as they 'had it within their capability' to find out if people were creating fake accounts. Of course, that would be incredibly hard to prove, but a lot of people have already, and will continue to lose money on these investments as their practices become more well known.