[kregasaurusrex]

Fake accounts on platforms raise internal metrics of usage & activity, which practically creates an anti-incentive for the parent company to remove them. One can imagine fictional scenarios that wouldn't pass a basic litmus test yet make an otherwise meaningless number go up that for some reason pleases the investors solely because it's higher than the previous quarter's number. I'd move my profile over to ShlinkedIn if given the choice.

"Wow, according to LinkedIn, over 8 billion people work at FacAmAppNeGoog! That company must be doing very well to be able to pay all those employees; let me update my important financial model based on this non-audited number. Nevermind that only 100,000 worked there a few months ago, this is fastest growing company in history! Here are 5 ways to replicate their success from the comfort of your broom closet:"