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  1. Proceedings of the 2012 ACM workshop on Workshop on online social networks (WOSN '12)
  2. Poultry markets: on the underground economy of twitter followers
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Poultry markets: on the underground economy of twitter followers
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Poultry markets: on the underground economy of twitter followers

Content Provider ACM Digital Library
Author Kruegel, Christopher Egele, Manuel Stringhini, Gianluca Vigna, Giovanni
Abstract Since Twitter has emerged as one of the easiest ways of reaching people, companies started using it to advertise their products. However, creating a functional network of followers to whom to promote content is not a straightforward task. On the one side, collecting followers requires time. On the other side, companies need to establish a reputation to motivate users to follow them. A number of websites have emerged to help Twitter users create a large network of followers. These websites promise their subscribers to provide followers in exchange for a fee or limited services free of charge but in exchange for the user's Twitter account credentials. In addition, they offer to spread their clients' promotional messages in the network. In this paper, we study the phenomenon of these Twitter Account Markets, and we show how their services are often linked to abusive behavior and compromised Twitter profiles.
Starting Page 1
Ending Page 6
Page Count 6
File Format PDF
ISBN 9781450314800
DOI 10.1145/2342549.2342551
Language English
Publisher Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date 2012-08-17
Publisher Place New York
Access Restriction Subscribed
Subject Keyword Underground economy Online social networks
Content Type Text
Resource Type Article
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