redstron

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   by redstron 16y ago

   Nothing stops one creating a fake Facebook profile. Choose a reasonably human sounding name, crank the privacy levels way up, and comment. FB is unlikely to figure out it's fake. There are some disadvantages. Your fake identity will probabl
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   by redstron 16y ago

   This already happens. Groups and pages that would be classified as "hate" are magnets for obviously fake profiles, which are often friends with other fake (and real) profiles. Facebook's real-name policies seem to be poorly and arbitrarily
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   by redstron 16y ago

   Fake accounts get shut down very quickly I have encountered numerous fake profiles that have survived for months/years. Many of these represent businesses that should really be pages. Others are accounts that are used on hate groups/pages