A messaging app startup that raised $200M shuts down afters users were 95% fake

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[–]KyleIsThisTall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

CEO Abraham Shafi

[–]JennyG 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So what stops you from running a successful social media portal? Mr Nazi man.

[–]KyleIsThisTall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think they suck and dumb down society

[–]0_0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Title makes it seem like the app is full of insincere people.

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So much of the internet is fake.... and it is littered with so much propaganda and outright lies. But the person that sincerely wants the truth will find it.

The board of directors concluded after an investigation that 95% of the users were “automated or from bots,”

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