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Exactly this, it doesn't really stand out. Obviously I wouldn't have installed the app if I would have noticed.

muststopmyths 6y ago
I wasn't trying to excoriate you for your mistake, so I apologize if that's how it comes across. I did try to modulate the harshness of "Come on, dude" with the rest of my comment. Like I said, sometimes we let our guard down. So it's understandable if you got fooled. In hindsight there are more red flags in just that screenshot ("More by Develop App", obviously fake reviews to point out just two), but God knows I've clicked through installs for shit apps on iOS many times.
- ShroudedNight 6y ago
  FWIW, Given the surrounding context, I interpreted "Come on, dude" as an exhortation for the author to cut themselves some slack. I agree that 100% correct 100% of the time is an exhausting bar to maintain, and one that we should be working very hard to ease this requirement. I think it's worth pointing out that the difficulty / impossibility of achieving that bar (at least in the general case) is one of, if not the central tenet of Christianity, ostensibly the dominant religion of the West for something like 1500 years. Regardless of one's metaphysical beliefs, it's worth remembering that arguments for the necessity of grace and slack in positive interactions have a long historical precedent, and I find we ignore them at our peril.
- NiekvdMaas 6y ago
  No worries, no offense taken. I still can't believe myself I fell for this, as said I have 2FA on all accounts and I'm normally very cautious. I guess it's a combination of all the factors here at play: Facebook allowing a fake TikTok Ads advertiser, the ad looking very legit (referring to an existing ad credit program), Google allowing a fake TikTok Ads app with fake reviews, and not getting any notifications until the amount was charged from my PayPal account.
donmcronald 6y ago
I didn't notice it the first time I looked either :-( Bad spelling and grammar used to be a great indicator of something being amiss, but the volume of it in legit business these days has made me so desensitized that I didn't even blink at this one.

I wasn't trying to excoriate you for your mistake, so I apologize if that's how it comes across. I did try to modulate the harshness of "Come on, dude" with the rest of my comment. Like I said, sometimes we let our guard down. So it's understandable if you got fooled. In hindsight there are more red flags in just that screenshot ("More by Develop App", obviously fake reviews to point out just two), but God knows I've clicked through installs for shit apps on iOS many times.

ShroudedNight 6y ago
FWIW, Given the surrounding context, I interpreted "Come on, dude" as an exhortation for the author to cut themselves some slack. I agree that 100% correct 100% of the time is an exhausting bar to maintain, and one that we should be working very hard to ease this requirement. I think it's worth pointing out that the difficulty / impossibility of achieving that bar (at least in the general case) is one of, if not the central tenet of Christianity, ostensibly the dominant religion of the West for something like 1500 years. Regardless of one's metaphysical beliefs, it's worth remembering that arguments for the necessity of grace and slack in positive interactions have a long historical precedent, and I find we ignore them at our peril.
NiekvdMaas 6y ago
No worries, no offense taken. I still can't believe myself I fell for this, as said I have 2FA on all accounts and I'm normally very cautious. I guess it's a combination of all the factors here at play: Facebook allowing a fake TikTok Ads advertiser, the ad looking very legit (referring to an existing ad credit program), Google allowing a fake TikTok Ads app with fake reviews, and not getting any notifications until the amount was charged from my PayPal account.

donmcronald 6y ago

I didn't notice it the first time I looked either :-( Bad spelling and grammar used to be a great indicator of something being amiss, but the volume of it in legit business these days has made me so desensitized that I didn't even blink at this one.