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  • Could social media be faking you out? NBC’s Gadi Schwartz takes an eye-opening look at who could be behind all those likes and shares, and what actually makes posts and videos go viral.
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Komentáře • 200

  • @gamerluke7
    @gamerluke7 Před 5 lety +138

    Surely they don't have to manually tap "like" on each and every phone in the farm. There must be some way that it can be automated.

    • @benjiebarker
      @benjiebarker Před 5 lety +32

      yes you use the auto clicking apps

    • @benjiebarker
      @benjiebarker Před 4 lety +30

      phillydisco i think virtual devices and accounts are easily detected and would cost more per month than a physical device that would cost only a few dollars if you buy them in bulk using a manufacturer like alibaba or aliexpress

    • @AvitalShtap
      @AvitalShtap Před 4 lety +12

      @phillydisco Instagram and other apps are specifically built to prevent that. notice how tehy only have phone versions, and no computer apps. That's bc they're scared of that, lol.

    • @Davisrullzs
      @Davisrullzs Před 4 lety +16

      @@AvitalShtap I think he's referring to simply emulating Android on a PC. For example, why not use BlueStacks? You can basically run hundreds of 'phones' from a single PC.

    • @manzencow9582
      @manzencow9582 Před 2 lety +1

      It depends on how much the click farms charges its clients

  • @conanmcclanahan1069
    @conanmcclanahan1069 Před 5 lety +92

    I knew it....
    I've seen this rolling out over the past couple of years in CZcams.
    SOO many videos that within MINUTES have thousands of views/likes, and comments with hundreds of up votes seemingly out of no where.
    Staggeringly obvious ratios if you look at it objectively.
    But it's good to know people are playing CZcams like the game that it is actually is... instead of treating it like a legitimate business!

    • @joeybarela363
      @joeybarela363 Před 4 lety

      8 Month old comment, still up for a slight argument?

    • @cmbw4792
      @cmbw4792 Před 4 lety

      @@joeybarela363 what's the argument?

    • @joeybarela363
      @joeybarela363 Před 4 lety +4

      CMBW I don't think this method is being used that often anymore, and I disagree with "like the game that it actually is" specifically

    • @conanmcclanahan1069
      @conanmcclanahan1069 Před 4 lety +1

      @@joeybarela363 Rather than it not being used "that often anymore"... it's 100x worse now.
      NOW... it's shadow-bans, and deleted comments... WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING THE VIDEO!
      Just click on any Keemstar video in the last 3 weeks if you need blatantly obvious proof.

    • @marsdev-shorts
      @marsdev-shorts Před 2 lety

      unless it's a small channel, the views are likely real, since there amazing follow counts.

  • @jeremiahhert1699
    @jeremiahhert1699 Před 4 lety +58

    This man watered a tree

  • @andreadacquisto9790
    @andreadacquisto9790 Před 5 lety +14

    The fact that this strategy is considered illegal and fake food in commercial or creating fake content for SEO or fake link for link building are not its ridiculously hypocrite.

    • @OfficialFatLip
      @OfficialFatLip Před 4 lety

      the film and music industry was always fake, there was no real Rambo, Michael Jackson did not walk on the moon, clicks mean nothing to people investing in the artists for a tour or interview, the artists has to physically be able to sell out shows., the percentage of artists who succeed selling recordings is like 1 in a million, Steely Dan was the only artists in the world to sell 1 million records yet alone get on the charts with out a tour and everyone in the industry was talking about this group the same way you are abut click farm back then.

  • @TanvirAlif
    @TanvirAlif Před 4 lety +65

    I have seen girls with over 100k Instagram followers but getting only 800 likes per post.

    • @TanvirAlif
      @TanvirAlif Před 3 lety

      @@scottdonovan2166 Why would I want to hack an account ? This video was about fake followers. It's of a click firm.

    • @monody8668
      @monody8668 Před 3 lety +1

      Sometimes only few likes.

    • @Rationalist101
      @Rationalist101 Před 2 lety

      Wow

  • @phiggidy2
    @phiggidy2 Před 5 lety +61

    Shame on the music industry for pretending certain artists are popular. Shame on Neilson Soundscan for including these fraudulent streams.

    • @kingech_B15
      @kingech_B15 Před 4 lety +10

      shame on Spotify for acting like a record label

    • @OfficialFatLip
      @OfficialFatLip Před 4 lety +3

      the music industry does the same exact thing called promotion, they hire girls off the streets from strip bars etc, pay them drug money, they promote the artists with school crowds most had no idea received a free copy of the album, they pass out give aways, they basically pay out promo money at the expense of the band and used to inflate it to rob the artists., music industry is fraud itself when you think about it, they are selling imagination.

    • @Ali_Tabani
      @Ali_Tabani Před 4 lety

      @@nanatroublemaker1187 is that for real ?

    • @nanatroublemaker1187
      @nanatroublemaker1187 Před 4 lety

      @@Ali_Tabani yes it is but only works on Android if you have a computer and an Apple computer it will work as well you just have to have it activated at all times check out a video in my channel subscribe to the channel and I'll help you out if you comment in my video I'll help you out set everything up that you will gain money quickly use my link to get $5 a head start

    • @rosesareredvioletsareblue4444
      @rosesareredvioletsareblue4444 Před rokem

      Glad I still buy cds. Better quality. No fakeness

  • @maxpower2511
    @maxpower2511 Před 2 lety +13

    80% of Twitter content is made by the same 10% of the people

    • @marlak4203
      @marlak4203 Před 2 lety +1

      thank you.
      And you can easily see the fake comments on virtually everyone's channel.

  • @miker1670
    @miker1670 Před 4 lety +10

    You can usually see in the comment section. The comments are very generic. Not related to video, and they are always one liners with amazing positive comments

  • @ghostplayer2473
    @ghostplayer2473 Před 5 lety +14

    Just 50 viewes from those 50 phones? Something is whrong

  • @Wizardof
    @Wizardof Před 2 měsíci +2

    life in prison and ZERO social credit score

  • @FollowingTheSon
    @FollowingTheSon Před 3 lety +13

    So "what's trending" isn't really "what's trending", "what popular" isn't really "what's popular" and "influencers" aren't really "influencers". I'm not surprised by this and suspected it all along. 🧐 🤨

    • @BobbyfromtheStore
      @BobbyfromtheStore Před 2 lety +1

      Wtf! 🤦🏾‍♂️ my whole social media life is a lie..

    • @FollowingTheSon
      @FollowingTheSon Před 2 lety +1

      @ShaggyRobberts Right? Could you imagine what it would be like if the so called “influencers” saw their real number of views likes and follows? They’d match our channels. 🤣

  • @lukashenrique4295
    @lukashenrique4295 Před 4 lety +6

    some companies, lets say fashion companies needs a real person to share their products on instagram. they look for a famous person (10k+ followers), and after evaluating that person they invest on him/her to share the products so other ppl can buy. imagine you being the investor and have lost money not profitting out of it bc the business was fake... your potential business could ruin bc of this

    • @847MicRoss
      @847MicRoss Před 4 lety +4

      Devils advocate.
      Some companies will buy a influencer or meme account that has 100k followers. Theyll delete all the photos and rename the page to there companies name.
      Now imagine being a consuner purchasing a product because you think 100k are behind it.
      In reality its 100k people who followed a meme page and the company just started yesterday.

    • @mungimichael3131
      @mungimichael3131 Před rokem

      Tell me any investor who has made his money legally without fraud or connections?? Not Bill Gates or Elon. There is always a dark side the rich people never talk about. Wait, life has never been fair to anyone. Once yu find tht out, yu always reach out for fraud to have food on your plate

  • @PetesimonTabibito
    @PetesimonTabibito Před 4 lety +48

    why so many iPhones! Chinese Xiaomi phones are better for click farms of course!

  • @benjiebarker
    @benjiebarker Před 5 lety +13

    nice farm rack...can you share where you bought it or who built it. thanks

  • @dopeclippzz
    @dopeclippzz Před 2 lety +2

    They do not do it that way. They are connect to a computer. You actual think someone is standing there playing each video.🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @LaMenteMaestraLoterias
    @LaMenteMaestraLoterias Před rokem +2

    What is the cost for install or set up a farm only for youtube views? Greetings from.Argentina. francisco

  • @commiebuster2071
    @commiebuster2071 Před 2 lety +3

    Finally! I was trying to figure out why all of these spam posts from India have millions of views. It'll usually have some movie clip with terrible quality and some annoying tiktok song flooding the audio. Its always in the social media or youtube rabbit hole.

  • @fighterck6241
    @fighterck6241 Před 3 lety +5

    I'm pretty sure political movents and corporations are using this too but noone is talking about that.

  • @FernandoRibeiro-v4y
    @FernandoRibeiro-v4y Před 15 dny +1

    If the ipV6 protocol existed as a standard, I would be able to track these farms ?

  • @scamperooniespanker8736
    @scamperooniespanker8736 Před 3 lety +5

    Surely there's a cheaper way to automate this... and without buying hardware. Why can't you virtualize these things on a server and spoof mac addresses for them? Maybe that's a thing already but it's just not talked about?

    • @meme-lb4ik
      @meme-lb4ik Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yes but no one talks about it

  • @phiggidy3
    @phiggidy3 Před 5 lety +6

    Neilsen Soundscan needs to stop counting streaming numbers to dictate which music act is popular. Only real money sales should determine who is popular on the billboard 100, etc.

    • @shimeih2287
      @shimeih2287 Před 4 lety +1

      True. All these major labels are buying listens and video views

    • @iffysd9864
      @iffysd9864 Před 3 lety

      They all buying streams the game nasty

    • @fighterck6241
      @fighterck6241 Před 3 lety

      Noone buys music anymore.

    • @mungimichael3131
      @mungimichael3131 Před rokem

      There will always be fraud in a human based system. That's it. And the people who benefit from Fraud are seen driving lambo's and feraris and we still glorify them cuz they always lie to us how they rose to the top. World is unfair so i chose fraud too.

  • @gaoyoung6274
    @gaoyoung6274 Před 3 lety +6

    Automatic scripting technology can be executed for almost all apps on Android according to human operation behaviors. It can complete automatic downloads, jump between different apps, automatically take screenshots, automatically receive verification codes and other complex operations. Can be customized according to your special needs, the speed is 15-30 minutes faster. Online update, stable and uninterrupted.

  • @noturmomma
    @noturmomma Před 4 lety +9

    That’s stupid to call it illegal just because something not real 🙄

  • @joesmith9616
    @joesmith9616 Před 4 lety +10

    This is what Charli D'Amelio used to get all her TikTok followers and views

    • @furiosound
      @furiosound Před 2 lety

      nah, im pretty sure those are real thirsty pedos following her

  • @BobbyfromtheStore
    @BobbyfromtheStore Před 2 lety +2

    What’s the purpose of a click farm?

  • @RakeshSingh-zo3zw
    @RakeshSingh-zo3zw Před rokem +1

    I don't understand how people never wondered why there is no single button click to save reels!!

  • @DeanRendar
    @DeanRendar Před 4 lety +1

    that explains my perspective

  • @DavidKen878
    @DavidKen878 Před 2 lety +2

    Now I see why so many X-Rated Twitter pages and IG accounts always claimed they were "hacked" at such and such followers. 😂😂😂

  • @releasedakracken5175
    @releasedakracken5175 Před 2 lety +1

    #NOTSPONSOREDBYAPPLECORP
    😂 Like, is it really necessary for every single one of those phones on that wall to be an iphone?

  • @truedomsolomon4559
    @truedomsolomon4559 Před 2 měsíci

    Amazing how far this has come in the last 5 Years 🤔

  • @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim
    @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim Před 3 lety +8

    i think the time it gets them to setup each phone takes longer than the actual clicking 😂

  • @crashercrasher9696
    @crashercrasher9696 Před 5 lety +6

    Amazon ask press filipinos 26k dollars for click farming

  • @jatigre1
    @jatigre1 Před měsícem

    Disgusting even to think about having a Facebook account or Instagram

  • @REDLINESPEED
    @REDLINESPEED Před 2 lety +3

    This world is so fake 🤨

  • @847MicRoss
    @847MicRoss Před 4 lety +3

    This was news in 2012.....

  • @heedfulnewt6625
    @heedfulnewt6625 Před 4 lety +2

    Knew it

  • @tarasions777
    @tarasions777 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Journalism at it's finest

  • @Illumirage
    @Illumirage Před 4 dny

    Imagine all the radiation from standing next to 50 internet connected phones all day. Your'e not even technically supposed to hold a phone right next to your head becuase of radiation...

  • @conversationovercoffee

    That's one crazy monthly bill

  • @rycka88
    @rycka88 Před měsícem

    Actually I thought bots are doing these clicks. But I guess because of captcha securities it would be impossible to do, so we end up with real human labour.

  • @eggtimer2
    @eggtimer2 Před 3 lety +2

    Why use phones and not just code it up?

    • @ds74878
      @ds74878 Před rokem +1

      I think it makes for better tv if he does it this way.

  • @Name-lt2tz
    @Name-lt2tz Před 4 lety +3

    crazy. But still if there are many likes, I just watch video few minutes or seconds and stop watching it, views do not make video more interesting.

    • @847MicRoss
      @847MicRoss Před 4 lety +3

      No, but it will help it get featured, ad revenue, amazon revenue.

  • @fizkallnyeilsem
    @fizkallnyeilsem Před 3 lety +3

    China such a sad hightech life

  • @brownsrvlifecampground9322

    Oh wow

  • @hotchilligrower1357
    @hotchilligrower1357 Před 4 lety +3

    Can they afford the phones to make click farm profit?

    • @lukashenrique4295
      @lukashenrique4295 Před 4 lety +2

      idk but maybe if there aren't many farms, like if it's a small business that only a few ppl can do, I'd say they make a deal with cellphone store owners

    • @847MicRoss
      @847MicRoss Před 4 lety +4

      You can buy a ton of older model phones dirtcheap.

  • @moviesync3131
    @moviesync3131 Před rokem

    how does it bring money?

  • @jsmdnq
    @jsmdnq Před 2 lety +1

    PewPewDie and MrBeast are cursing you guys right now!

  • @almightytwee1188
    @almightytwee1188 Před 8 dny

    I don’t see how it’s fraud if you’re not paying for something
    Like the average person would come across that video and they lose nothing by viewing it. I don’t consider that fraud.

  • @PreciousPuff
    @PreciousPuff Před 3 měsíci +1

    This is so pathetic and sad.

  • @arriagatwo777
    @arriagatwo777 Před 2 lety

    I would like on social media the video of a guy watering his plants

  • @TheBestDealsIl
    @TheBestDealsIl Před 14 dny

    How is this Fruad again?

  • @Djthesiberiancat
    @Djthesiberiancat Před 4 lety

    real question is the youtuber with anime profile pic did this??

  • @hustlemansnipes
    @hustlemansnipes Před 2 lety +1

    play the game

  • @sour7654
    @sour7654 Před 4 lety

    You forgot Twitch

  • @paxtream100
    @paxtream100 Před rokem

    All comes from same location. Of course not suspicious

  • @Shan-bt7tz
    @Shan-bt7tz Před 3 lety +2

    2.83M Subscribers and you got only 590 views? Looks like you invented Click Farm, buahahaha.

  • @dliston1
    @dliston1 Před 12 dny

    Its AI , very few real people. China

  • @emelynendab1637
    @emelynendab1637 Před 5 lety +1

    do you got paid?

  • @newjx
    @newjx Před 2 lety +1

    what is real in today's world?

  • @azmindspin311
    @azmindspin311 Před rokem

    Why is it fraud, though? You were misled because somehow a video with 50k views makes it more important/better than if it only had 5k? It's not much different than paying extra for your video to be promoted.

  • @Bapusfood
    @Bapusfood Před 24 dny

    Hahaha i have 100 phones click form in 2024

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 Před 2 lety

    Note this video has few views and few likes. Should have hired a click farm service

  • @riordan381
    @riordan381 Před 4 lety +1

    😂 we use bots now!!

  • @ya00007
    @ya00007 Před 3 lety +1

    What about MrBeast and his views? Are they fake?

    • @Rationalist101
      @Rationalist101 Před 2 lety +1

      Probably

    • @tommyob4762
      @tommyob4762 Před 2 lety

      Most of them probably not at this point but he likely used this in the beginning to start the hype

  • @alexandru3788
    @alexandru3788 Před 8 měsíci

    And the father of lies and deceit is the devil, and his sons are? anyone who follows him no matter in what way, shape of form.

  • @KSATica
    @KSATica Před 4 lety

    Spoiler alert 🚨 this channel is a viewer bot

  • @innocentnzuza3749
    @innocentnzuza3749 Před 10 měsíci

    The matrix is here.

  • @ramram-bh9gn
    @ramram-bh9gn Před rokem

    Hi

  • @testingbeta7169
    @testingbeta7169 Před 2 lety

    if its india, you can expect a swinging voice saying hello this is johnson sir, plz sir i am here to con you :P

  • @Tkcrypto1
    @Tkcrypto1 Před rokem

    They made it impossible to be seen without paying them for ads... lol, but paying for clicks is fraud.. ok right.

  • @benjiebarker
    @benjiebarker Před 5 lety +3

    how is paying money to get ahead illegal....name any industry that isn't based on paying for success...get over it...no money, no honey

    • @TomTKK
      @TomTKK Před 4 lety +2

      @Photonic Cannon Others are just smarter than you.

    • @b-tch.incorporated-tm
      @b-tch.incorporated-tm Před 3 lety +2

      @@TomTKK Being born rich doesn't make you more intelligent.

    • @TomTKK
      @TomTKK Před 3 lety

      @@b-tch.incorporated-tm You can be both, its not impossible.

    • @fighterck6241
      @fighterck6241 Před 3 lety +2

      @@TomTKK being born rich is also not an accomplishment, but Americans treat it like it is. Especially right wingers.

  • @DogsOnAcid
    @DogsOnAcid Před 3 lety

    Free market baby /s

  • @eggtimer2
    @eggtimer2 Před 3 lety +1

    This report is in itself very fake. Try and set up 50 Instagram accounts! That's the hours of work. Lol. Really poor.

  • @rickr7115
    @rickr7115 Před rokem

    maybe I'm the only one who's watched this.....

  • @seandoxtator3700
    @seandoxtator3700 Před 2 lety

    Jesus that’s beyond pathetic mean while half the IG n YT stars got there start 🤷‍♂️🤔🤔😂😂🤦‍♂️

  • @TheTrainstation
    @TheTrainstation Před 2 lety

    Its not fraud ffs

  • @SoftCalmMusic-i8b
    @SoftCalmMusic-i8b Před 3 lety

    How to contact me if I want to buy a view on your side

  • @OfficialFatLip
    @OfficialFatLip Před 4 lety +4

    poor child slaves are force to click on $1200 iPhones? yeah right!

  • @mariaclarasouzadearaujo2412

    Eu gosto do face

  • @chiblackjesus
    @chiblackjesus Před 4 měsíci

    With 1 comment, lol😂

  • @skenderneziraj1060
    @skenderneziraj1060 Před 4 lety +1

    Who can help me for starting a own click farm?

    • @PetesimonTabibito
      @PetesimonTabibito Před 4 lety +1

      you buy 100 iPhones, and I'll click them. 😉 hehe

    • @theodorursus3707
      @theodorursus3707 Před 3 lety +1

      If you want views just make one million three minute videos and post them

  • @RakeshSingh-zo3zw
    @RakeshSingh-zo3zw Před rokem

    This can make conformists really angry!!

  • @juicyparsons
    @juicyparsons Před 2 lety

    The internet is basuuuuura

  • @Bhrwhwtn
    @Bhrwhwtn Před měsícem +1

    Biden supportsers lol

  • @chivo_gaming
    @chivo_gaming Před 4 lety

    Smdh...

  • @847MicRoss
    @847MicRoss Před 4 lety +3

    Please do your research before posting "news" stories.
    Noone is sitting around manually clicking likes. If you have 50phones with 50 accounts explain how to get more then 50 followers and 50 likes on an account with this setup. Go ahead I'll wait.

    • @testingbeta7169
      @testingbeta7169 Před 2 lety +1

      lol, there are actuall work from home jobs that do this, also phones are reset new accounts and again all process is done

  • @joeker7240
    @joeker7240 Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like Biden's election.

    • @Rationalist101
      @Rationalist101 Před 2 lety

      Lol. You shouldn't be upset about that.

    • @Hgh38
      @Hgh38 Před 2 lety +1

      Biden be living in your head rent free

  • @HoTTT_cock_Rooster_Sauce
    @HoTTT_cock_Rooster_Sauce Před měsícem

    No wonder my competition always gettingnmore views than me

  • @HoTTT_cock_Rooster_Sauce
    @HoTTT_cock_Rooster_Sauce Před měsícem

    This what Americans do.
    If only china and India knew what their power in numbers translates to, they would be some the most popular, control trends, get big money, etc

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage Před 4 dny

      China and India are the main perps doing this. You've got it backward.

  • @unitedcapital-pe4in
    @unitedcapital-pe4in Před 5 měsíci

    Am a troll