Hi all, and thank for the questions. On twitter you need to bypass captcha, buy a "black software" (botnets), buy premium proxy address.
On facebook you need to bypass captcha, buy a "black software", buy premium proxy address , pva bypasser (phone verification code) and verified email. -- About Mercedes Benz and others brand i don't know what people think about but this is a good question and if there are any sociologists here, please ping us! -- Impossible to prove if X bought fake followers and this is the main reason because people do it. 2013/6/3 Bernard Tyers <ei8...@ei8fdb.org>: > Hello Andrea, > > Thanks for sending the presentation. Very interesting. > > I have a few questions: > > - how did you calculate the "variable cost" for creating a Twitter account > and a Facebook account? > - why the difference in cost of creation of each? (Maybe I am missing > something obvious...) > - is it possible to quantify the negative effect of a popular twitter > account (ending Mercedes Benz, or some celebrity) being exposed as buying > followers? (i.e.: does anyone care?) > - what do you think it the affect is on the reputation of the account owner? > Is it possible to prove a user did not buy followers? As in, is it possible > to prove someone else bought the followers for another account? > > Thanks very much! > > Bernard > > > > Andrea St <and...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Two weeks ago we presented at Nexa For Internet & Society our Research >> about Twitter and underground market. >> Now you can download here: >> http://nexa.polito.it/nexacenterfiles/lunch-11-de_micheli-stroppa.pdf >> >> >> Our research on Nyt part1: >> >> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/fake-twitter-followers-becomes-multimillion-dollar-business/ >> Our research on Nyt part2 : >> >> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/researchers-call-out-twitter-celebrities-with-suspicious-followings/ >> >> Now we're working on Facebook. If you have any idea or you would like >> to get in touch my >> email is: and...@gmail.com >> >> Best, >> A > > > Sent from my tiny electronic gadget. Please excuse my brevity and (probable) > spelling mistakes. > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Andrea Stroppa http://huffingtonpost.com/andrea-stroppa @andst7 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
