I know this may come as a shock, but: The Internet is a fakers paradise. Facebook estimates that roughly 7 percent of accounts—some 76 million—are phony. Twitter guesses 5 percent of its 200-million+ active users are bogus. (I'd lay money that both numbers are actually much higher.)
Of course, if you are one of regular readers of TY4NS, you'd know that already. I've spent a fair amount of time over the last three years chronicling bots, sockpuppets, and other assorted fakers on Facebook, Twitter, and the Web in general.
But I may not have to do that much longer, thanks to a clever startup named BeehiveID, which promises to ferret out frauds using the magic of software algorithms.
Hive got a feeling
BeehiveID works by analyzing your social media accounts and assigning you a score, much like a credit score. The higher the number, the more likely you are a genuine person. You can look up your own score by visiting Beehive's site and allowing it to connect to your Facebook account.
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