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THE FAKE WORDPRESS LIKE: A LIKE FOR THE WRONG REASONS

Posted on April 19, 2013 by michaelweening
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I opened up my phone and it was flooded with “like” notices on my posts from a single person. The interesting thing was that each notice was milliseconds apart (20+) and finished with a single comment:

Nice reading about you

Thanks for visiting my blog xxxxx. Browse through the category sections, I feel you may definitely find something of your interest.

The irony of this comment/activity is it comes 24 hours after I read the article “How to become internet famous for $68”, a fascinating insight into fake twitter followers, fake Facebook pages and the dubious system of internet rankings. Follow that up with the old article “How to get 3 million blog views” and you are left with a dirty feeling.

I follow a bunch of bloggers and randomly browse through posts. I often click on those who leave a comment, curious.

I “like” what I “like”, with no other goal than to thank someone for a good post and acknowledge their photo or writing.

Those with dubious or self-promoting intentions are welcome to stay away. This blog isn’t for you and I can see you 1,000 miles away.

I deleted the comment and out of principle, did not go to the site.

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Posted in Computers & the Interweb | Tagged be genuine, blog, blogging, Facebook, fake Twitter account, How to become famouns for $68, How to get 3 million blog views, LIKE, traffic generation | 8 Replies

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