If you have a Facebook account of your pet, it might soon disappear.
Facebook said earlier this week that their average revenue is calculated per user, so finding an accurate numbers relies on Facebook accounts not being duplicated or fake. Therefore the company is in the process of shutting fake or duplicate accounts.
About 45.8 million users are reported to be fake accounts according to Facebook with 2.4 percent being misclassifications i.e., profiles made for companies, groups or pets. There are 1.5 percent of spam accounts.
"I believe they shouldn't cut down, you know what I mean, social network, this is what it's for, you know if a person's going to exercise social development, they've got to get out there, you know if they can't get out there, it's going to be a waste of time," said Damien Howell, a Facebook user.
The cyber cells of Police though upbeat are cautious, like Poplar Bluff Police Department Cyber Crimes Detectives, Scott Phelps and Detective Greg Brainard. Facebook shutting down the fake accounts will help reduce the usage of a tool that some use to harass, stalk, and entice, said Phelps.
While, Brainard thinks that though this move by Facebook will impact young people and cyber bullies, as people hiding behind fake accounts and fake names will no longer be able to do so. But he wonders if Facebook really does shut down such accounts, what will stop them to open a new fake one.