Date the user joined Facebook

Alex_cMember : TorontoRegistered: 2007-10-30 Posts: 130

Is there a way to find out when a Facebook user's account?  I didn't see anything in the docs, but maybe someone here knows something?

Fake accounts become nuisance, we're looking at seriously restricting certain operations on accounts older than (say) a month.  If currently there is no way to do this, you can request a feature.

MikepMember Note: 2007-11-17 Posts: 893

The easy way to spot spam accounts is that they have no friends. This is something that can see into your application.

I have no idea what Facebook allows users with friends don't write reviews, post on the discussion boards, etc. Have a minimum of 5 members before allowing people to do so must be the easiest way to reduce the amount of spam.

LeoqNew Memberregister: 2008-03-16 Posts: 1

I think spam accounts are able to add themselves as members. A little more work.

The easy way to spot spam accounts is that they have no friends. This is something that can see into your application.

I have no idea what Facebook allows users with friends don't write reviews, post on the discussion boards, etc. Have a minimum of 5 members before allowing people to do so must be the easiest way to reduce the amount of spam.

Alex_cMember : TorontoRegistered: 2007-10-30 Posts: 130

The easy way to spot spam accounts is that they have no friends. This is something that can see into your application.

I have no idea what Facebook allows users with friends don't write reviews, post on the discussion boards, etc. Have a minimum of 5 members before allowing people to do so must be the easiest way to reduce the amount of spam.

Some users actually go to the table to make fake accounts and fake profile with pictures (?):-/

Not I, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are scripts that make it easy.

Chris DiraddoMember : MontrealRegistered: 2007-10-16 PostsWeb site : 674

May I ask why you want to restrict access to the counterfeit bills? You have junk e-mail from within your application?

I usually have 2 types of fake accounts, that the reviews/discussion board spams, and published fake reviews to strengthen their reviews or artificially bump down. Spam now accounts are spamming in applications?

CyMall_ A Moderator but do not have _from: TorontoRegistered: 2007-12-18 PostsWeb site : 3138

From my experience are now junk spam accounts within applications.  I am beginning to see them use accounts for service or products.

There is no way to report these kind of accounts unfortunately.

Last edited by cyMall (2008-03-16 18: 45: 11)

Alex_cMember : TorontoRegistered: 2007-10-30 Posts: 130

Not much in spam, surprisingly, but some people make fake accounts to try to game the system (fake votes, for example).  I suspect that some games applications face similar challenges.  We have a number of measures to minimize it, but the creation date of the account would be one additional tool, we can use.

Yeldarb_ A Moderator but do not have _from: IowaRegistered: 2007-11-17 Postswebsite 1129:

I suspect people have created fake account "game" of my game.  :-S not sure on how I can prevent this ... Other than wait for Facebook to catch it on their side.

CyMall_ A Moderator but do not have _from: TorontoRegistered: 2007-12-18 PostsWeb site : 3138

Yes, but see the amount of users on Facebook, the chances of the DAU Dang Facebook alternately throwing and catching them before any damage is done.

Fortunately I moderate ... The majority of submissions made within my application as I am dealing with real money, but in theory I should ... That there is no way for me to really discover how legit this account, since simple tools such as IP checks, checks the cookie, they are just not possible.

YatkoA new Member From: Florida, USRegistered: 2010-02-24 PostsWeb site : 2

We face a similar problem with men, using the newly created Facebook accounts access to video applications. You must guess the clothes, they "wear".

-The button "report" with the count of database is not a solution since most users try the button and ban other accidentally
-Count the closest friends. Unfortunately, some of these guys has 50 + members.

Any idea how to get rid of them?