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I really like that: "don't allow likes from someone with more than 5+ likes in their account"" The # of likes by the user is a good proxy for how diluted the
by johnvschmitt 13y ago
I really like that:
"don't allow likes from someone with more than 5+ likes in their account""
The # of likes by the user is a good proxy for how diluted the quality of the "like" is.
Probability_to_show_ad = constant * num_other_likes
That said, as long as Facebook has a counter-incentive to cleaning it up, we shouldn't expect this change. We need advertisers to revolt in large #'s before the financial incentives make this a priority for FB.
- overdrivetg 13y agoThis is actually a great idea for Facebook - don't sell Likes in absolute numbers, sell them normalized to the fraction of total Likes for the users Liking you. So I could buy 10 "Fractional Likes" and get 20 users who each only have 2 total Likes (including this one) = 20 * 1/2 = 10 OR I get 10,000 users who each have 1,000 Likes each = 10K * 1/1000 = 10 ...which seems a reasonable ballpark for resolving it in an automatable, economic way. "Don't allow Likes over X" kind of sucks since what happens to legitimate Likers? I'm not a clickfarmer, but I've Liked way more than 5 things. My News Feed has turned to crap (probably because of it), but that's a whole 'nother story.
- rapind 13y agoMaking it an option is not very intuitive. If those likes are useless, just stop them from liking or hellban them by never having their likes show up or cost anything. Either solution would require Facebook to admit that there are tons of fake likes though. The assumption being that admitting this will have a negative impact on revenue. Also, either solution would probably result in a lot of new click far accounts being created with the new goal of keeping likes to a minimum. It'll be a constant battle I'm sure.