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Facebook users...a question

esmerelda — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:23:29 GMT

Now and then I'll see a post from a "friend" and it's long and sometimes a little preachy and it's "I'm gonna find out who really reads my posts blah blah write done in the comments."

Is there some factory where people pick these up to post? The ones I've seen don't indicate they are being shared from elsewhere. It just starts out stupid like "This is important to me" or "I may not post for awhile blah blah blah."

Has anyone seen any of these in their news feed lately? Maybe today?

I think they're dishonest, narcissistic...and I never participate.

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bikerbabe — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:26:08 GMT

I ignore. They make the rounds and aren’t original. It’s copied from others.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:26:39 GMT

@esmerelda I only read posts from my friends.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:27:17 GMT

they are pretty much like chain letters. i generally dont repost them, but it doesnt bother me if anyone else does on their own facebook walls. they just copy and paste them from other peoples feeds to share.

Re: Facebook users...a question

esmerelda — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:30:14 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@esmerelda I only read posts from my friends.

@proudlyfromNJ Uh...who else would have a post show up in your news feed?

Re: Facebook users...a question

esmerelda — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:33:30 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
they are pretty much like chain letters. i generally dont repost them, but it doesnt bother me if anyone else does on their own facebook walls. they just copy and paste them from other peoples feeds to share.

@sunshine45 That's what I was thinking. They sound so real and from some of the comments posted, people think the person who posted it wrote it and it's really about them.

Thanks for the confirmation.

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Porcelain — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:38:55 GMT

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:39:12 GMT

@esmerelda wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@esmerelda I only read posts from my friends.
@proudlyfromNJ Uh...who else would have a post show up in your news feed?

@esmerelda Uh...I get stuff from QVC,ads and a myriad of other things that are not from my friends. Good for you for not getting anything else on your feed. Uh.

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esmerelda — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:44:28 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ Sorry...I consider ads ads, not posts.

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drizzellla — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:57:41 GMT

Every once in awhile I get news feeds from organizations or companies or people that I do not know. I am very careful about the friends and organizations that I follow on Facebook.

It seems these unsolicitated news feeds seem to come in batches every month or so. I just "delete" everyone of them. I think that Facebook sends out alot of them, to get additional revenue for the ads or the site they are promoting.

It is amazing all the ads that I have gotten. A few months ago, I kept getting ads for a Laundromat about 30 miles from my house. Have no idea why I was getting the ads. I certainly wouldn't travel 30 miles to go to a laudromat, there are several with in 3-5 miles of my house. Besides I have a washer in my house.

My motto - When in doubt Delete.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 03:01:03 GMT

@esmerelda wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ Sorry...I consider ads ads, not posts.

@esmerelda So do I. But they all appear on the my feed as I scroll down reading from friends and all of a sudden I am reading about QVC and Christmas in July.

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catwhisperer — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 03:05:49 GMT

I deleted my FB account six months ago. Too many kooks (including relatives).

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Icegoddess — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 03:25:48 GMT

I view them as chain letters too. If you notice they always ask you to copy and paste into your own feed instead of sharing. That's why you can't tell where they are coming from and they just keep going and going. I pretty much ignore them and anything that pops up and asks (or tries to shame me) to share. To me, if iit's really good enough to share you shouldn't have to ask me to do it.