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by Scoundreller 2582 days ago
If this happens to my FirstName+LastName accounts I’ve staked out, I’ll be pissed.

My guess is that they label every account with a lifetime customer value number, and if the costs of your database entry is more than that, they cull it for “being a bot”.
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panarky 2582 days ago
Bots wouldn't exist if they didn't generate engagement, and engagement is the currency of Facebook.

So if the bot-detection algorithm works by lifetime customer value, it would cull real accounts and leave the bots alone.

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derefr 2581 days ago
Use the opposite algorithm: cull by lifetime value descending. Gets the bots and the viral celebrities!

(I know it's untenable, but I'd honestly love to see what the equivalent of https://millionshort.com/ for Twitter or YouTube would be like, where the top million contributors and all shares/comments about them were hidden. What would be "hot"? High-value niche-interest stuff?)

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