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2016 Postmortem

Nwgirl503

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2. Interesting

Reply to JHan (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 03:11 PM

Dec 2016

Thanks for the link. I've heard more than I want to know about fake news. Didn't realize fake FB accounts were a thing too.

I'd be interested if someone smarter than me could come up with some stats on how many of these accounts are really out there.

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Are shills on FB using hacked/cloned accts to sway tide of comments? [View all] Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 OP

Yeah there are a lot of trolls, even Samantha Bee covered this: JHan Dec 2016 #1

Interesting Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #2