Unverified reports claim a YouTube “view farm” using ceiling-mounted phones.

⚠️ No confirmed validation yet
However, fake engagement ecosystems remain a real threat to platform integrity.

Source: https://www.saptashwatv.com/news/international-news/youtube-view-farm-busted-police-expose-fake-views-racket-with-phones-mounted-to-ceiling-8229.html

💬 Real incident or viral misinformation?
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#Infosec #CyberSecurity #FakeEngagement

Cảnh báo: hiện nay có thể mua upvotes, downvotes và bình luận. Video người phụ nữ ngồi sau bức tường smartphone cho thấy thực tế farm tương tác. Số liệu lớn không đồng nghĩa thật—hãy kiểm tra website, kênh xã hội để phát hiện nội dung giả. Đừng để bị lừa bởi thành công bề ngoài. #SaaS #Marketing #LừaĐảo #Upvote #Downvote #FakeEngagement

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qcr90w/psa_you_can_buy_upvotes_downvotes_and_comments/

@Billthoo I mean, they do other stuff that’s annoying and disrespectful, like switching up movie and TV thumbnail art according to what might attract you to watch it, instead of the original art made for the film or show. 😒 I shouldn’t be surprised that they and many other streaming services just want viewers to mindlessly keep watching more stuff. #FakeEngagement #UX #UnsustainableGrowth

Episode 17, Season 2 of THE LAST PAGE is now LIVE! A ROOM FULL OF VILLAINESSES finds Fiona questioning her own brother's motives as the realm prepares for the Crown Prince's wedding to Challeti Princess Eilise. Who can Fiona trust, if she can't trust her own brother?

Season 1 now airing for free to Followers.

#otome #isekai #webserial #indieauthor #sapphic #fakedating #fakeEngagement #EnemiesToLovers #trans #selfpromo

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Hmmm. Facebook is experimenting with a new chatbot that will occasionally engage in conversations that have not taken off naturally.

I wonder what they're up to? 🙄

"Facebook’s AI Told Parents Group It Has a Gifted, Disabled Child"

#ai #meta #facebook #chatbots #fakeengagement

https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-told-parents-group-it-has-a-disabled-child/

Facebook’s AI Told Parents Group It Has a Gifted, Disabled Child

Facebook’s chatbot eventually apologized and said it doesn’t have “personal experiences or children.”

404 Media
Doing #this with your #hashtags does not #aid in #discoverability because #nobody is #looking for a #hashtag about "#looking". It simply #makes your #post look #ugly as #shit for #nogoodreason. Put your #tags at the #end of the #post. They will be #condensed by most #fedi software worth its #salt and will be #outoftheway and #unobtrusive. It also doesn't #look #like you're trying to #drum up #fakeengagement.
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If, like me, you were scouring the socials for which store is doing signed copies of Manda Collins' A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes, here you go.

https://www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events

#HistoricalRomance #CrimeFiction #FakeEngagement

Does anyone else think that #GlennAMiller is just talking to himself?
Is that the ONLY way to get traffic to #CoalitionForTJ or is he really that lonely?
#FakeEngagement