Social media’s population is expanding, with people creating new social media accounts daily. This causes career opportunities to arise, a successful career being producing click farms. The article “How Click Farms Have Inflated Social Media” written by Doug Bock Clark, in the May 2015 edition of The New Republic, explains the status of click farms. Click Farms are online establishments that allow customers buy social media influence to boost their standing. Kim Capisong is an employee for an account farm, meaning fake social media accounts are made to sell to click farms. These fake accounts are mostly composed of American Women of 20-30 years old. This is a 3-minute process that is repeated daily. While performing this procedure a proxy server
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The owner of this account farm, Richard Braggs, maintains a positive working environment. Employees at Braggs company seems to enjoy their profession more than real click farms, which are more comparable to sweatshops. Before establishing the account farm, Braggs made a living by spamming email addresses. In Cebu City scamming emails was categorized as a semi-honorable career path for a decade, this type of work was named “onlining” by the Filipinos. Through 2010 and 2012 several spambot networks disassembled by certain internet security and law enforcement officials, forcing many onliners in Cebu City to search for new employment. Facebook has a stricter policy than other websites. The terms of service declare that “You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission,” and “You will not create more than one personal account.” These guidelines are made so Facebook can be the most real place on the …show more content…
Certain celebrities, such as Khloe Kardashian, are paid to promote companies in positive ways. Kardashian reportedly earns $13000 each time she raves about Old Navy. A higher follow count causes celebrities to earn more money, making click farms beneficial for famous figures. Politicians especially use them as an asset to boost their social standing. The New York Times reported that “up to 70 percent of Barrack Obama’s followers on Twitter were fake during his campaign.” Ordinary people may wish to add followers to inquire a savvy that some jobs require, such as marketing or tech. Click farms have studied the typical person’s insecurity and uses it to benefit themselves, so people also may want to meet the amount of followers or likes that their friends receive. It has also been found that having higher amounts of follower’s interest other users in following that account, increasing the amount of consumers that may consider using click farms. Finding sources is very simple, by googling “buy Facebook likes” many internet stores will appear, making it convenient for customers. Approximately 6 percent of Facebook users see company’s advertisements unless they
The owner of this account farm, Richard Braggs, maintains a positive working environment. Employees at Braggs company seems to enjoy their profession more than real click farms, which are more comparable to sweatshops. Before establishing the account farm, Braggs made a living by spamming email addresses. In Cebu City scamming emails was categorized as a semi-honorable career path for a decade, this type of work was named “onlining” by the Filipinos. Through 2010 and 2012 several spambot networks disassembled by certain internet security and law enforcement officials, forcing many onliners in Cebu City to search for new employment. Facebook has a stricter policy than other websites. The terms of service declare that “You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission,” and “You will not create more than one personal account.” These guidelines are made so Facebook can be the most real place on the …show more content…
Certain celebrities, such as Khloe Kardashian, are paid to promote companies in positive ways. Kardashian reportedly earns $13000 each time she raves about Old Navy. A higher follow count causes celebrities to earn more money, making click farms beneficial for famous figures. Politicians especially use them as an asset to boost their social standing. The New York Times reported that “up to 70 percent of Barrack Obama’s followers on Twitter were fake during his campaign.” Ordinary people may wish to add followers to inquire a savvy that some jobs require, such as marketing or tech. Click farms have studied the typical person’s insecurity and uses it to benefit themselves, so people also may want to meet the amount of followers or likes that their friends receive. It has also been found that having higher amounts of follower’s interest other users in following that account, increasing the amount of consumers that may consider using click farms. Finding sources is very simple, by googling “buy Facebook likes” many internet stores will appear, making it convenient for customers. Approximately 6 percent of Facebook users see company’s advertisements unless they