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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Dec 6, 2010 9:50:23 GMT
I am sure we have many facebook members on here. So just wondering if anyone here falls for the constant social compliance experiments (usually run by bored students)?
Recent ones include changing your profile photo to that of a cartoon to support NSPCC, and then to remove the photo because its not really for the NSPCC but really a bunch of pedophiles who cooked it up to make it easier to talk to kids if their photos are all cartoons.
Another one was just for girls to put your status message as where you would like to leave your purse/handbag.
"I like it on the kitchen table"
This was a sexual innuendo thing, to see if men not "in the loop" would copy the updates.
Others include posting numbers and so on.
So do you fall for these scams? Or do you see through them?
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Post by traceyg on Dec 6, 2010 10:37:21 GMT
I don't fool for these scams, some i think are childish, however if i want to say anything on facebook or reply then i will, that's all. Some of my friends on facebook are around my age and i think their comments sometimes are rather gullible and write with extreme poor grammar. I know my spelling can be bad sometimes but what is it with this lazy spelling? to try and decipher what they are actually saying is crazy and lazy.
My partner who is self employed has his own website and he is forever getting begging letters from foreign people and if we're not plagued by that we get telephone calls wanting his money for advertising, so i'm pretty aware of scams, we have just had a letter from a debt collection agency on behalf of paypal demanding £118 my partner doesn't even owe any money to paypal, luckily i am in the know on debt collection so they can get stuffed!!! there is a big difference on what is an enforceable debt and what is not.
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Post by Amaris on Dec 6, 2010 12:42:10 GMT
I am sure we have many facebook members on here. So just wondering if anyone here falls for the constant social compliance experiments (usually run by bored students)? Recent ones include changing your profile photo to that of a cartoon to support NSPCC, and then to remove the photo because its not really for the NSPCC but really a bunch of pedophiles who cooked it up to make it easier to talk to kids if their photos are all cartoons. Another one was just for girls to put your status message as where you would like to leave your purse/handbag. "I like it on the kitchen table" This was a sexual innuendo thing, to see if men not "in the loop" would copy the updates. Others include posting numbers and so on. So do you fall for these scams? Or do you see through them?
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Post by Ma'amJo on Dec 6, 2010 17:19:50 GMT
I don't either, even though many of my friends did follow this recent cartoon campaign. I'd already changed my photo to an avatar a few weeks before as I prefer cartoon profile pics of me to real ones (as in my Woodstock one here), so then was stuck as to whether to change it so I WASN'T seen to be following this idea or just to leave it. I left it there as it was there first!
Some of my friends who did change their photos said they were just joining in to reminisce about their favourite cartoons, rather than for the 'cause'.
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Post by Stephen on Dec 6, 2010 19:28:51 GMT
Some of my friends who did change their photos said they were just joining in to reminisce about their favourite cartoons, rather than for the 'cause'. ...that's me  ) I hate the 'like this group if you think this' and 'post this so your friends can see and pass it on...' stuff on FB. I use FB for keeping in touch with family and friends due to living overseas so I find it helpful in that respect but cannot abide the farmville, fish tank crap that blights my home page every time I log on. |
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Dec 6, 2010 19:46:31 GMT
You can block farmville etc. When you see it on your homepage, just move your mouse pointer to the right and highlight the X and you can choose to block it
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Post by Ma'amJo on Dec 6, 2010 19:57:06 GMT
Ha ha, mentioned in despatches! You were indeed one of my friends who did this, Stephen, and I liked it. I really enjoyed seeing all the cartoons, it was good to see a few I'd forgotten!  |
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Post by Amaris on Dec 7, 2010 1:27:47 GMT
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Post by Stephen on Dec 7, 2010 7:27:11 GMT
Thanks for the link, will add to my profile for all to see.... |
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Post by morganp on Dec 7, 2010 18:55:48 GMT
I'm pretty much as everyone else has posted. I use FB to stay in touch with friends and family not to get involved in 'good causes' and sheeplike exercises in doing something because everyone else is. Some of it really gets on my nerves 'Midnight Vigil for baby P' being one in particular and I really struggle to see any value in them other than making people feel good and that 'At least I'm doing something'.
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Post by mrjohnno on Dec 8, 2010 16:08:53 GMT
One thing that gets to me is people who hit the 'like' button on their own posts.
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Post by bujin on Dec 14, 2010 13:44:14 GMT
I don't usually fall for any of that stuff, but I have a lot of people on my friends list who do.
I did change my profile pic to a cartoon character (Count Duckula, if anyone's interested! ;D ), but only because I thought it was time for a change. And I changed it back, but not in response to the whole "paedophile" thing, but because there's only a certain amount of time you can be a cartoon character! I changed back several days after everyone else.
But I never follow the "chain status" things (post this on your status if you're not a heartless bugger type stuff).
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Post by Ma'amJo on Dec 14, 2010 17:26:19 GMT
I prefer not to have a real picture of me for privacy purposes as well as the fact I hate my own photos. Just yesterday I was speaking to my colleague who said her male friend trawls Facebook looking for nice-looking women who he then tries to 'befriend'. My privacy settings are all set to 'friends only' but with Facebook changing privacy settings left, right and centre I can never be sure what shows up where, so even if I still show up on my friends' friend lists I'm happy that my face isn't on there at least.
It's only a minor detail but I still prefer cartoon characters or avatars for those reasons.
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Post by billiejoeisevil on Dec 29, 2010 5:36:21 GMT
I'm not sure I would classify these things as scams. Memes, maybe, but where is the scam? No one benefits from compliance. I think it's interesting as a social phenomenon, but I usually don't participate. Facebook is all about social interactions, and one of the things that dominates in social situations is compliance. So, I don't tend to see these memes as anything but typical social behavior.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Dec 29, 2010 13:43:43 GMT
I see you point regarding calling it a scam, but surely the person who starts it benefits from it by way of ego? Can you call something a scam if the benefit is ego? Not sure
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