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Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95 percent of its users were fake

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27-06-2023 | 05:04

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Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95 percent of its users were fake

Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life.

An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95 percent of the app’s reported 20 million users were “automated or from bots,” The Information first reported. So, after raising more than $200 million in venture capital, IRL is shutting down.

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/irl-shut-down-fake-users/

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