Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following a fake account?

Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by smitty1e on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:33AM (#24577184)

Some of the great Twitter accounts (e.g. Titania McGrath) are utter frauds.

The ones that irritate are the Stolen Valor type, where people claim military service. The game tends to fall apart quickly, though.

The reason is that these experiences are binary. Think sysadmins: you've either done it, and can sustain a conversation about Linux or you haven't.

Fakery has a short half-life.

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Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by ZephyrBlu on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:50AM (#24577666)

> Some of the great Twitter accounts (e.g. Titania McGrath) are utter frauds

Hmm? I thought Titania McGrath was a parody account. How is it (And other accounts) a fraud?

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Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by smitty1e on Friday September 25, 2020 @05:17AM (#24588044)

I was using the two terms synonymously.

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Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by sshine on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:50AM (#24577269)

> Fakery has a short half-life.

But an infinite regress.

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