An internal investigation at the unicorn social media startup IRL has revealed that 95 percent of the app's users were 'automated or bots.'
Shafi and launched an investigation, ultimately revealing that IRL user figures were almost entirely fudged. As a result, the app is to shut down entirely, and capital is to be returned to investors., "a majority of shareholders concluded that the company's going forward prospects are unsustainable."There's a lot going on here, the least of which is the irony of an app called IRL having only a tiny proportion of real-life users.
"If you look at the Internet, there's so much research around social media creating more separation and creating more walls and otherness," Shafi
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