Mastodawn

https://www.cnn.com/style/vietnam-farms-jack-latham-beggars-honey
#socialmedia #cnn #clickfarm #asia

Worth a read if you work in comms/marketing: this is a reminder that “engagement” can be manufactured cheaply at scale—while trust is much harder to earn.

Practical takeaways:
- Audit sudden spikes in likes/comments/shares (especially low-quality, repetitive, or off-topic replies).
- Prioritize metrics tied to real intent: saves, qualified clicks, newsletter signups, replies with substance.
- Tighten moderation
https://www.cnn.com/style/vietnam-farms-jack-latham-beggars-honey

Blue Phoenix Uprising Aug 15, 2025

A UK-based YouTube stream exposes Japan’s social media manipulation in detail — and it’s been viewed… zero times.
If truth falls in the forest and no one hears it, does the propaganda win?
Let’s make sure it doesn’t.

#Japanese #Propaganda #OnlineManipulation in #Japan #clickfarm

https://youtu.be/bk7onv3w8d4

LEAKED: Inside LDP’s j-NSC — Japan’s Online Propaganda Network (English Subtitles)

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Kevin Karhan

Oct 18, 2024

@anon_opin that's not how it works and like the #monetarization threshold since #AdPocalypse and #Streaming sites like #Spotify will only incentivize #Botting, meaning that everyone who is serious is investing money to #clickfarm and buy #streams, #follows, #plays and so forth...

Leonardo Brogioni Apr 11, 2024

… what this photobook asks us to consider are the social and cultural byproducts of the pervasiveness of social media, including the need for people (and brands/businesses) to build “influence” or “cultural capital”, as measured by engagement metrics. [Loring Knoblauch/Photobooks] #photobook #photography #jacklatham #beggarshoney #photobooks #socialmedia #socialnetwork #clickfarm

https://collectordaily.com/jack-latham-beggars-honey/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su POL!FEMO @pol-femo-leobrogioni

Jack Latham, Beggar’s Honey | Collector Daily

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David Egts Mar 18, 2024

"On Instagram, Latham’s photos usually attract anywhere from a few dozen to couple hundred likes. But when he deployed his [$1,000] personal #clickfarm to announce his latest book, the post generated more than 6,600 likes." https://www.cnn.com/style/vietnam-farms-jack-latham-beggars-honey/index.html

Flipboard Tech Desk Mar 9, 2024

A photographer steps inside the shadowy world of Vietnam’s ‘click farms, providing a rare insight into the workshops that hire low-paid workers to cultivate likes, comments and shares for businesses and individuals. CNN has more: https://flip.it/vP7UD2
#Tech #SocialMedia #Technology #ClickFarm #Vietnam #Journalism

Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡Jan 29, 2024

Wie der Like-Button das Internet zerstoert, das beschreibe ich hier 👉 https://metacheles.ghost.io/wie-der-like-button-das-internet/ ausfuehrlich. Das ist uebrigens ein Blick in eine typische Chinesische Klickfarm.

Services wie: Kauf dir...

- Follower:innen fuer Insta
- Views auf Youtube
- Streams auf Spotify

haben solche Setups genutzt. Inzwischen braucht man da nur noch SIMcard-Docks fuer & zum Teil laeuft es, Dank eSIMs, komplett virtuell.

Wann liken Bots final nur noch Bots?

#Clickfarm #China

Wie der Like-Button das Internet zerstoert

Die ultimative Droge fuer das persoenliche Belohnungszentrum im digitalen Zeitalter sind die Likes und das ist ein Problem. Fuer das Netz, fuer uns und unsere Gesellschaften.

MeTacheles

arihak Jan 23, 2024

A click farm artificially inflates the popularity of social media posts, as well as tricking algorithms into boosting content more, giving clients the opportunity to go viral quickly. “Each #phone is a different account, and each can change its IP address 20 times [a day],” he continues. “Each phone is technically 20 different phones, so you can see how it scales up.” #socialmedia #clickfarm
https://www.huckmag.com/article/inside-the-weird-shady-world-of-click-farms

Inside the weird, shady world of click farms

Jack Latham’s new photobook, Beggar’s Honey, is an unflinching look behind the curtain of the endless stream of content that dominates our lives.

Huck

Robert Grandt May 1, 2023

Uhyggeligt!
Der er identificeret 49 nyhedssider, der bla. bruger #AI til at sprede #misinformation & #fakenews.
#dkmedier #Clickfarm #ClickBait
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RT @NewsGuardRating
A NewsGuard analysis found that artificial intelligence tools are being used by content farms to generate vast amounts of news content with little to no human oversight. Read our special report here:

https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/newsbots-ai-generat…
https://twitter.com/NewsGuardRating/status/1652998803501334532