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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

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Shill – Direct from Wikipedia : “A shill is an associate of a person selling goods or services or a political group, who pretends no association to the seller/group and assumes the air of an enthusiastic customer. See “Astroturfing&# above for more. Shills are often employed by confidence artists.

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Experiment: Do Photos With People Perform Better on Instagram?

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Of course, testing this on my own personal account alone, where my face is obviously beloved by a biased group of followers (e.g. Astroturf.). Does putting your best face forward yield better results? Let’s find out. Hypothesis: Photos with people perform better on Instagram. Common sense is driving this hypothesis. The secret?

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