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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 May 2017

    Is it really that hard to catch fake accounts when they even use the same profile photos?pic.twitter.com/8Nm4bDXga4

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      2. Abe Bull‏ @roadsideproph 25 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        You tell us? Have you funded the startup which will do this yet? It seems like an open opp!

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 May 2017
        Replying to @roadsideproph

        I don't think the problem here is lack of a startup. I think Twitter deliberately doesn't try hard.

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      4. Carol Forden‏ @CarolForden 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        You have to want to stop it, in lies the problem

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      1. Paul English‏ @englishpaulm 25 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Or if usernames are 14 letters with few vowels. I'm guessing twitter likes fake accounts to keep user numbers high. :(

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      1. Luca Dellanna‏ @DellAnnaLuca 25 May 2017
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        And when their username looks like a randomly generated password.

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      2. Luca Hammer‏Verified account @luca 25 May 2017
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        You would mis-categorize many fan accounts. Often use images and names of their role model.

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      1. NY Tech Report‏ @NYTechReport 25 May 2017
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        Instagram seems to practice MAU inflation via lack of action as well.

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      1. Vernon Phillips‏ @VernonGlobal 25 May 2017
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        Before the singularity is the halfidity. It's when the number of bots becomes greater than the number of human users.

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      1. Eugene Spivak‏ @spivanator 25 May 2017
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        That would mean that Twitter actually has less active users, they wouldn't want that

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      1. Blockchains‏ @sonicdeath 25 May 2017
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        They don't want to reduce fake accounts. MAU takes a hit.

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      1. Aaron Hoffman‏ @aaron_hoffman 25 May 2017
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        People like their high follower counts, even if they're fake

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      1. Ryan Waggoner‏ @ryanwaggoner 25 May 2017
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        Not to mention the usernames

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      2. Bill Cromie‏ @cromulus 25 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Addendum to Metcalf's Law: only if the nodes are real people.

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      3. Bill Cromie‏ @cromulus 25 May 2017
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        The damage malevolent nodes can do grows proportionally to the value of the network.

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      1. M‏ @mrvlhs 25 May 2017
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        Nothing is hard until you attempt to do it

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      1. shanto‏ @shanto03910897 25 May 2017
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        hi

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      1. Sebastian Bensusan‏ @sebasbensu 25 May 2017
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        It is not. I did similar work last year. There is a whole subfield of stats for this and bots are blatantly obvious

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      1. mr.nice guy‏ @Daniel77305053 25 May 2017
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        Yeah,kind of😕

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