ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoSEC Charges Founder of Social Media Company “IRL” with $170 Million Fraud.www.sec.govexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up174
arrow-up172external-linkSEC Charges Founder of Social Media Company “IRL” with $170 Million Fraud.www.sec.govModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·4 months agoApparently only 5% of the accounts were real. 😂
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoEveryone on IRL is a bot except you. All jokes aside, having staff arrange events etc until you pick up enough actual users for the thing to run organically is pretty normal, filling the site with bot accounts not so much. It sounds like it was a scam right from the start.
Apparently only 5% of the accounts were real. 😂
Everyone on IRL is a bot except you.
All jokes aside, having staff arrange events etc until you pick up enough actual users for the thing to run organically is pretty normal, filling the site with bot accounts not so much.
It sounds like it was a scam right from the start.