Faking The Fakes Part 2 – Identifying Fake LIKES on a Facebook Page

Among social media, Facebook is one of the greatest platforms on cyberspace. Anything on Facebook grabs a lot of eyeballs.

People highlight serious issues on Facebook to draw the attention of people. Politicians in uncivilized countries try to ban Facebook which is a tool for social activists there that can be used to expose corruption.

Thus, it is obvious that Facebook would be targeted by unscrupulous people who set up fake profiles on Facebook for unscrupulous activities.

In the second article of this series, we will discuss how to find the number of Fake LIKES on a Facebook page?

Why fake profiles are made on Facebook?

Some people are willing to risk their reputation, integrity, ethics, trust, clients and relationships for a few hundred or tens of thousands fake Facebook fans.

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New Video Feature Arrives On Instagram

With the popularity of websites like YouTube and Dailymotion, posting and sharing videos on social media has become a fashion.

Two hot apps for posting are Instagram with Facebook and Vine with Twitter. Recently, Vine introduced the feature of sharing videos and that has now prompted Instagram to follow the suit.

Facebook acquired Instagram for $1billion in April 2012. According to Instagram, it has 100 million monthly active users and 40 million photos are uploaded to the app daily.

Now users will also use it to upload videos.

Is bandwagon rivalry important?

Among all the apps at Apple‘s app store, Vine is among highest ranking apps. According to Topsy Analytics, Vine is the No. 3 iOS app used this month while Instagram is No. 21. Instagram has more than 100 million active members while Vine has 13 million.

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Hashtags Come To Facebook

After ruling Twitter, Google Plus and Instagram, Hashtags are here to rule Facebook.

Now Facebook can tap into the marketing dollars that have been flowing into hashtag-focused campaigns.

Arrival of Hashtags:

The buzz of hashtags coming to Facebook had started in March 2013. Finally, they are here.

Facebook said:

Starting today, hashtags will be clickable on Facebook. Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow you to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a larger discussion. When you click on a hashtag in Facebook, you’ll see a feed of what other people and Pages are saying about that event or topic.

Why introduce hashtags now?

Greg Lindley, a Facebook product manager, wrote in the blog post:

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