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Ask HN: I got email asking to approve member to Facebook group,but I'm Not admin
I just got an email of the form:
(name) asked to join (Facebook Public Group name)
... which is a genuine email from Facebook and not a phish (the clickable links are all genuine facebook.com URLs).
I am a mere member of this group and am not, and never have been, an admin. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
The link underlying the "Respond to Request" button brought me to the genuine "Member requests" page with this one request as its lone item.
I've never seen this failure before. It's not a meaningful "breach" in itself, but if it indicates a broader defect in Facebook's auth process, yikes.
- LifeQuestioner 9y agotell facebook
- 4d66ba06 9y agoMy understanding is this is a setting for groups where Facebook allows the group to be set up to allow regular members approve new ones vs requiring the admin to do it. I believe it is up to the admin to change this.