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[TECHCRUNCH] Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

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[TECHCRUNCH] Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

irradiatedMB to TechNews · 1 year ago

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Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

An internal investigation by IRL's board of directors found that 95% of the app's reported 20 million users were "automated or from bots."

[ sourced from TechCrunch ]

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How were the social events? Did many bots attend? :)
- CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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  I made the comment because I hadn’t heard of it until now. I can’t imagine it’s getting any better now