Accepting Lots of Friend Requests Makes You a Fake Account Target, Facebook Finds
If your Facebook feed is teeming with wild Deep State theories, that might be on you, a Facebook study has found. Two researchers from Facebook and one from Harvard tested an algorithm that looks at your friending activity to detect fake accounts, or sybils. The paper shows that an outlying group of people who accept friend requests from any old rando are more likely to be targeted by fake accounts. So, stop doing that.
22 Apr 2020 ... If your Facebook feed is teeming with wild Deep State theories, that ... Accepting Lots of Friend Requests Makes You a Fake Account Target, Facebook Finds ... As the figure shows, fake accounts' rejection rate is skewed to the ...