Thanks for posting that from Duncan, Bob. It’s good to have another view on it
and I’ll remember his advice.
But should I be upset that none of these “babes” has tried to contact me on the
Book? ;-)
Chris
On 22 Jun 2014, at 13:30, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Right. I sent my son a copy of the email I posted here. He’s a social media
> director for an information management company, and part of his job is
> hanging out on Facebook. (Damn! Where were those jobs when I was a puppy?).
> Here’s his reply. I think it makes a lot of sense.
>
>
> Duncan’s reply:
>
> The skeptical part of me thinks that advertisers are getting more
> sophisticated these days, and moving beyond the buxom pool babe to sell us
> things.
>
> For example, I know of several scenarios where "click farms" located in
> Egypt, Bangledesh, and Indonesia hire people who's job it is to "like" pages
> of people/companies who pay for added followers. But because FB frowns upon
> this, they're having to do more and more to fool FB's system into thinking
> they're real people, and perhaps what you describe above fits into that.
>
> It could also be a way of trying to ascertain demographic info, although, it
> doesn't sound like she asked anything that wasn't more or less available on
> your profile.
>
> I think the fishiest thing is that she didn't answer when you asked how she
> came across you. Real people on FB usually gush explanations to avoid coming
> off too creepy.
>
> I'd unfriend her. I try to stay open to strangers when they friend me, but if
> they chat me the second I log in, or don't do something to establish how we
> know each other (especially when dealing with FB), I unfriend.
>
> FB has been cracking down on fake people in the past year, which is good in
> theory except for the fact that these folks won’t give up that easy and are
> coming up with craftier ways to get, if not our money/identity, or metadata.
>
>
> Back to me: I have unfriended this person. The fact “she” ignored two
> different requests to let me know how “she” found me sealed the deal.
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