Spammers and social networking sites

How to spot false friends on Facebook:

When tested on a new set of profiles, the software’s estimate roughly matched human grades 90 per cent of the time and exactly matched them 30 to 50 per cent of the time. The idea is to use these estimates to decide whether to accept a request to be a friend.

Or, you could only add those you know are real people (i.e. you know them). I’m sure you’ll agree this idea of mine is revolutionary and people should give me money to dispense advice.

• 23 Jul 2007

• Thinking