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Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake (techcrunch.com)

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An internal investigation by IRL's board of directors found that 95% of the app's reported 20 million users were "automated or from bots."

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[–] CIWS-30@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, Softbank seems to have a gift for investing in stuff that fails. Kind of sad to see, I heard that it and Masayoshi Son were decent at business at first.