Originally Posted by Timbermaster
Originally Posted by jaguartx
Originally Posted by Hastings
If someone can give a short answer that a high school graduate can understand, what is the original purpose of these fake accounts? Is it what I suspect here on the 24HCF where one person answers himself with 2 or more operating names?

Well then, it's not what you expect.

It's the same as the 50% of Bidet followers that are Bots. It's to make schietty sows ears look like silk purses.
Also to deceive advertisers. They are paying to reach so many millions of viewers. Now that millions of accounts are fake, they are being defrauded. Straight up fraud.


Probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise to many as to how common fake accounts and "padding" view counts is on internet entities when number of members/followers and especially viewing activity results in increased number of advertisers = more advertising $$$...

I've watched view counts jump 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 views with each mouse click.