It isn’t too hard to see what Facebook users Like, but on Thursday reports surfaced online about something few if any users would find likeable. It appears that sending links via private messages through the social network results in extra Likes for the link targets — never mind that the link you’re sharing may concern something you abhor. Call it a case of Like fraud. This is all the more worrisome to users because Facebook is culling links from seemingly private messages and converting them into very public Likes.
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Facebook Scans Private Conversations to Pad Likes
Posted by: Peter Suciu October 5, 2012 05:00 AMIt isn’t too hard to see what Facebook users Like, but on Thursday reports surfaced online about something few if any users would find likeable. It appears that sending links via private messages through the social network results in extra Likes for the link targets — never mind that the link you’re sharing may concern something you abhor. Call it a case of Like fraud. This is all the more worrisome to users because Facebook is culling links from seemingly private messages and converting them into very public Likes.