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I see a new market opening - creation of US favorable social media profiles as a service. UFSMPaaS, just rolls of the tongue, I know. Pay a company and they wil

by rdtsc 9y ago

I see a new market opening - creation of US favorable social media profiles as a service. UFSMPaaS, just rolls of the tongue, I know. Pay a company and they will populate your social accounts with "I love the USA!" type phrases and media. They do that for a year before someone tries to immigrate. Or even worse. Don't like someone, send a public social media messaged directed at them with something like "Yeah, I got your plans. Already bought the pressure cooker and ball bearings". Watch them being turned away at the border and ruining their vacation. When those in power act irrationally there will always be a new opportunity for someone to take advantage and abuse that. Also I am not sure if it is good that I never signed up for Facebook and Twitter or bad because now I'll be flagged - "Got nothing on this weirdo, only some computer programming nonsense. Probably good to keep an eye on him".

shubb 9y ago
Don't be too positive though - if the TSA think you really love the USA then you might want to move there. You need to write a bot that tweets 'I love the USA but wouldn't want to live there' every day.
- lucozade 9y ago
  > 'I love the USA but wouldn't want to live there' I have a work colleague who has a green card but lives in the UK. He gets questioned on it every time he goes through US customs. Essentially, the very idea that someone would choose not to live in the US is considered suspicious.
  - pedrosorio 9y ago
    > I have a work colleague who has a green card but lives in the UK. He gets questioned on it every time he goes through US customs. > Essentially, the very idea that someone would choose not to live in the US is considered suspicious. This is misinformation. Green card is the colloquial name for the "Permanent Resident Card". As the name implies, you're supposed to live in the US if you hold this card. Your colleague may be flying under the radar but he's probably violating the conditions required to maintain a green card and might lose it in the future: https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/ma... "You may also lose your permanent resident status by intentionally abandoning it. You may be found to have abandoned your status if you: Move to another country, intending to live there permanently. Remain outside of the United States for an extended period of time, unless you intended this to be a temporary absence. (...)"
    - rdtsc 9y ago
      > Green card is the colloquial name for the "Permanent Resident Card". Agreed. If caught he could get in trouble and have it revoked.

by rdtsc 9y ago

shubb 9y ago

Don't be too positive though - if the TSA think you really love the USA then you might want to move there. You need to write a bot that tweets 'I love the USA but wouldn't want to live there' every day.

lucozade 9y ago
> 'I love the USA but wouldn't want to live there' I have a work colleague who has a green card but lives in the UK. He gets questioned on it every time he goes through US customs. Essentially, the very idea that someone would choose not to live in the US is considered suspicious.
- pedrosorio 9y ago
  > I have a work colleague who has a green card but lives in the UK. He gets questioned on it every time he goes through US customs. > Essentially, the very idea that someone would choose not to live in the US is considered suspicious. This is misinformation. Green card is the colloquial name for the "Permanent Resident Card". As the name implies, you're supposed to live in the US if you hold this card. Your colleague may be flying under the radar but he's probably violating the conditions required to maintain a green card and might lose it in the future: https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/ma... "You may also lose your permanent resident status by intentionally abandoning it. You may be found to have abandoned your status if you: Move to another country, intending to live there permanently. Remain outside of the United States for an extended period of time, unless you intended this to be a temporary absence. (...)"
  - rdtsc 9y ago
    > Green card is the colloquial name for the "Permanent Resident Card". Agreed. If caught he could get in trouble and have it revoked.