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Originally Posted by rowan
I initially scoffed at this, but then after some thought realised - who would benefit from faking FB clicks, considering that they don't (AFAIK?) serve ads on third party sites? No one, unless they were hoping to kill off FB as a long term thing. If it were FB themselves doing the fake clicks, I'm sure they'd be smart enough to write a hitbot that loaded inline objects such as javascript source and images, and clicked on a couple of random links. Very puzzling.
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Likewise, I considered both those...and came to the same conclusions. I can't see it as a long-term, third-party "let's kill off FB" campaign.
As for FB being smart enough to design hitbots that use inline objects and mimic genuine clicks...it doesn't take an Einstein at scripting. But then again, we've all seen a LOT of inept, boneheaded scripting (or lack thereof) take place on Facebook over the years.
Equally puzzled here.
I'd like to see this thread bumped awhile until some answers appear.