Facebook has finally gotten round todeleting thousands of phoney user accountsand removing illegitimate likes in a bid to cleanse up the social web . It ’s not clear-cut quite how many accounts have been wiped out , but plenty of pages have learn massive drops in their fan numbers over the last two sidereal day .
TechCrunch reportsthat Facebook has confirmed it ’s “ purify fake accounts and Page Likes as it go through website integrity improvements announced last month . ” You want to see results ? Zynga ’s Texas HoldEm page lose 96,000 likes in a individual daylight ; Lady Gaga misplace 31,700 “ fans ” in the same period .
No doubt some people will be worried to see rooter counts swing . But more significantly , getting rid of all these faux accounts should mean less spam — and that ’s good for everyone . [ TechCrunchviaVerge ]
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