From cancelled books to ‘review bombing’, it might seem as though the website can make or break a career. But how influential is it really?Something dramatic happens on a social media platform every day. On Goodreads, the anachronistically designed website for logging, rating (out of five) and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-17 09:00:10 UTC ]
A debut author who used fake accounts to “review bomb” other writers on the influential online platform Goodreads has been dropped by her agent and had her book deal cancelled Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-12-13 02:46:01 UTC ]
Lauren Oyler’s debut novel brings the reader down a rabbit hole of endless, mindless scrolling, online identities, and conspiracy theories. Fake Accounts follows the journey of a young woman after she discovers that her boyfriend is running an Instagram account spouting dangerous conspiracies... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-02-26 12:00:00 UTC ]
Lauren Oyler’s “Fake Accounts” and Patricia Lockwood’s “No One Is Talking About This” critique our Internet-attenuated lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-02-10 13:00:00 UTC ]
“Fake Accounts,” Lauren Oyler’s debut novel, considers how social media has reconfigured our behavior, relationships and how we think of ourselves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-01 10:00:02 UTC ]
Oyler’s debut novel is about a smart, irascible narrator who is steeped in the concerns and tone of social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-01-26 21:16:27 UTC ]
The row over a fake Nancy Pelosi video shows platforms are no longer disruptors, but incumbents, gatekeepers and publishersIn the first three months of 2019, Facebook removed about 2bn fake accounts from its servers. This is roughly equivalent to all the legitimate accounts the company has on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-06-02 13:00:38 UTC ]
Social media giant says it has seen a "steep increase" in the creation of abusive, fake accounts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2019-05-23 21:23:34 UTC ]
Facebook’s latest report lays out the sheer scale of its battle against fake accounts, spam, and other abuses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-05-23 21:09:55 UTC ]
Facebook isn't just interested in cracking down on fake accounts. While discussing the firm's latest Community Standards Enforcement Report, company VP Justin Osofsky revealed during a call that the social network will run a pilot program where some... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-05-23 18:11:00 UTC ]