Facebook Says It’s Policing Fake Accounts, but They’re Still Easy to Spot
I get that facebook my have complicated motives here, but I don&#x27;t know that &quot;easy to spot&quot; is a good yardstick.<p>First, there are the countless instances where something is trivial for a single person to suss out that doesn&#x27;t scale.<p>Second, and perhaps most importantly, I don&#x27;t think simple hunches about fake accounts are really actionable here. Having an account that &quot;originated in the Middle East&quot; that now presents as an &quot;attractive woman&quot; is not really a clear-cut case for having your account terminated.<p>I get that we really really want to be able to draw a hard line between people who behave in &quot;weird&quot; ways and organized influence attempts, but I don&#x27;t think we can get there. It&#x27;s starting to sound like &quot;bots&quot; and &quot;fake news&quot; have disagreeable opinions baked into the definition.