If your paying people to say you like something whether it be web hosting reviews or Facebook pages, then isn't that lying?
Yes it probably is lying, its over promoting a brand as a good brand from new before it has a chance on the market. It is the same with most of advertising though, If you have ever had anyone post a review on your site left ebay feedback, or even feedback on here in the old system then you are guilty of the same things! Advertising on facebook and "false likes" should also be looked into by the advertising commisions as we cannot post a false tv advert saying 80% of people loved our product. Why should we be able to pay for likes
Yes, it is a lie. The best likes, are those that are real from people who like your products, services, or comments
sometimes i used likes share but not on facebook. facebook contains only childs and people inconclusive. i used for others social. many people are not interested, but if you works is good, a low % of users will return at your site/blog/channel. good content = good visitors.
Take it like this, it's a lie but it's just part of your facebook page's promotion. Take it as a first step for your page to become popular and get genuine likes. People also has this mentality that if they see a page with lots of likes then it must be good or trending and they might as well like it too. You get the idea.
What cracks me up is when somebody posts something like: "My pet has just died..." and the post receives 20 likes. Really?
Yes that's why you want real likes from real people. Some people abuse it of course, just like anything else.
Sorry to say, I think it is still lying, anyway you look at it. That's just my opinion. However, you could give people free test rides of your site and that would be ok. There would be no opinion involved. That would be an honest way of kick-starting promotion. Assuming thy're not paid. Unless, you can accept the fact that some won't like it, despite getting paid for their opinion. But then again, who wants to pay people who may not give you a like? If Facebook had a "like" and "dislike" button (which they don't) perhaps you could pay for honest opinions and hope "like" will outnumber "dislike".