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irradiated@radiation.partyMB to TechNews@radiation.party · 2 years ago

[TECHCRUNCH] Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

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[TECHCRUNCH] Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

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irradiated@radiation.partyMB to TechNews@radiation.party · 2 years ago
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Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake
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An internal investigation by IRL's board of directors found that 95% of the app's reported 20 million users were "automated or from bots."

[ sourced from TechCrunch ]

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    For those who didn’t know what IRL was like me. It’s an app for coordinating social events.

    It has things like a typical chat function and a shared calendar.

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      How were the social events? Did many bots attend? :)

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        I made the comment because I hadn’t heard of it until now. I can’t imagine it’s getting any better now

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