<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/feed/</link> <description>Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! - Forum Topic in the Group Facebook</description> <pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 06:11:27 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-44037</guid><title><![CDATA[Ian Pace replied to the forum topic Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-44037</link> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:11:34 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/pacey/" title="Ian Pace" rel="nofollow">Ian Pace</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/" rel="nofollow">Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a><div>We lost 600-700 fans per day on the 28th, 29th and 30th then dropped back down to normal (around 100 per day).</div><div>This must have been the fake like removal as the dates seem to match up.</div><div></div><div>As <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a> says, fans are [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43873</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43873</link> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:08:49 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/" rel="nofollow">Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a> &#160; Yes, Andrea, that's what I assumed, too. Fraudsters love to drag everyone else down with them. Makes them look better, I think... or not as bad. That's the trouble with black hat / gray hat / [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43872</guid><title><![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43872</link> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:57:45 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/" title="Andrea Vahl" rel="nofollow">Andrea Vahl</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser" rel="nofollow">Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a> .&#160; I think the owners of the Fake accounts also like a lot of other Pages to "appear" legitimate.&#160; I don't think that Facebook participated in that themselves of course or that McDonalds or any of [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43869</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43869</link> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:04:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/" rel="nofollow">Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/moinshaikh/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/moinshaikh/' rel="nofollow">@moinshaikh</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div>I think the funniest statistic, however, was the 124,919 likes that Facebook lost in that one day. Too funny! I mean... why in the world would Facebook have fake likes? It was their [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43866</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43866</link> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:57:35 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/" rel="nofollow">Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/moinshaikh/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/moinshaikh/' rel="nofollow">@moinshaikh</a> Great share, Moin! I'll be watching how this pans out in the future. I don't think they're done yet... and can't believe they'll just let the pages off the hook without some kind of slap on the [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43861</guid><title><![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser! in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/#post-43861</link> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:32:59 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/" title="Andrea Vahl" rel="nofollow">Andrea Vahl</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-started-cracking-down-on-fake-likes-big-brands-biggest-looser/" rel="nofollow">Facebook started cracking down on fake likes! Big brands, biggest looser!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> I'm so glad they are doing this, <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/moinshaikh/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/moinshaikh/' rel="nofollow">@moinshaikh</a>- That is interesting to see the brands that suffered!&#160;</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>