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This is a very common thing. In fact influencers and FB employees publicly and loudly talk about this method and no one stops them. "Hey I'm visiting fb headqua

by deft 6y ago

This is a very common thing. In fact influencers and FB employees publicly and loudly talk about this method and no one stops them. "Hey I'm visiting fb headquarters anyone want a new @ or a checkmark?" Why do random fb employees even have this capability?

jfgg 6y ago
Didn't a similar thing happen with a famous Soccer player?
- DLay 6y ago
  Yes. Instagram’s explanation was they thought the account was an impersonator of Andrés Iniesta and disabled it/gave it away. Usually if Instagram wants your account they add underscores to the original handle like they did with @sussexroyal.
  - gabereiser 6y ago
    And this is why I’ll never use Facebook or Instagram again. I can’t even begin to imagine and angst the OP is going through right now. Imagine if it was your business? My sister uses Instagram exclusively to market and promote her beauty salon business. I can only imagine what her reaction would be if something like this happened to her (really my only reference). Letting people have access to data let’s people manipulate that data. Whether this was an insider giving his friend the account or it was hacked and taken over, it doesn’t matter how, things like the OP’s situation should NEVER exist.
hobby-coder-guy 6y ago
Source?
- tinus_hn 6y ago
  This is not Wikipedia
  - hobby-coder-guy 6y ago
    It’s not makeshitup.org either
KaiserPro 6y ago
Just because some vacuous air bag says it, doesn't make it true. Instagram is basically the school playground, but sadly unlike in real life, people can make a career from being "playground" popular.
- hyperdimension 6y ago
  > vacuous air bag Colloquialism: 100% understood. Reality: 0% possible...unless this 'air bag' is full of 'empty'. In other news, always be careful breaking the neck of a CRT...you'll let the vacuum out!
  - mkl 6y ago
    "Vacuous" doesn't mean vacuum: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vacuous https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vacuous
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mrits 6y ago
I live with a FB employee. Most of my close friends are FB employees. I've literally never heard this.
- zaz77 6y ago
  Well, thank God for that, because with that kind of authoritative observation we can close the books on this one permanently. Dodged a bullet there, didn’t we? Pitchforks down, everyone, ‘mrits has this one in hand. This is an extremely well-known phenomenon. This is the third time I’ve heard of it happening to an OG. It’s pretty common knowledge that the right teams inside Instagram look the other way; what’s a user going to do, sue? People are making money. I’m sure your roommate who works on Tupperware or whatever wouldn’t know a thing about it, but Facebook is also roughly the size of Romania, so perhaps your front row seat to the inner workings of an organization that also legally compels your roommate to not tell you things isn’t as end all as you’d assume. Hint: I work at Facebook.
  - moonshinefe 6y ago
    It's not an extremely well known phenomenon at all. Asserting things while being overly emotional and aggressive isn't evidence. So: Citation needed.
    - zaz77 6y ago
      So are you asking for screenshots from my email of the thread where everyone came together to agree on the terms and execution of the conspiracy, or? Also, sarcasm isn’t an emotion. I’m English, so perhaps consider that my culture of challenging someone is different from yours before projecting whatever big bad horrible emotional troll hurt your feelings once. Facebook is literally more employees than even populate this dreadful site, but someone says “my roommate’s brother’s uncle by blood works there and I’ve never heard of it so it’s plainly false” and we’re all to just fawn over the precious insight? I’m sorry, I’ll try again: thanks, ‘mrats. Very brave.
      - 6y ago
vmception 6y ago
> Why do random fb employees even have this capability? Assuming that's what happened here, its because to them it is pure coincidence that the market values these database entries at all. Like sure, at this point they know it means a lot to people and inspires many other people and can effect entire markets that they are unaware of, but from their perspective it isn't "god mode" its "lol ok, wanna hit up sushi for lunch later?"
forgotmypw17 6y ago
Basically, you can't trump physical access...

by deft 6y ago

jfgg 6y ago

Didn't a similar thing happen with a famous Soccer player?

DLay 6y ago
Yes. Instagram’s explanation was they thought the account was an impersonator of Andrés Iniesta and disabled it/gave it away. Usually if Instagram wants your account they add underscores to the original handle like they did with @sussexroyal.
- gabereiser 6y ago
  And this is why I’ll never use Facebook or Instagram again. I can’t even begin to imagine and angst the OP is going through right now. Imagine if it was your business? My sister uses Instagram exclusively to market and promote her beauty salon business. I can only imagine what her reaction would be if something like this happened to her (really my only reference). Letting people have access to data let’s people manipulate that data. Whether this was an insider giving his friend the account or it was hacked and taken over, it doesn’t matter how, things like the OP’s situation should NEVER exist.

hobby-coder-guy 6y ago

Source?

tinus_hn 6y ago
This is not Wikipedia
- hobby-coder-guy 6y ago
  It’s not makeshitup.org either

KaiserPro 6y ago

Just because some vacuous air bag says it, doesn't make it true. Instagram is basically the school playground, but sadly unlike in real life, people can make a career from being "playground" popular.

hyperdimension 6y ago
> vacuous air bag Colloquialism: 100% understood. Reality: 0% possible...unless this 'air bag' is full of 'empty'. In other news, always be careful breaking the neck of a CRT...you'll let the vacuum out!
- mkl 6y ago
  "Vacuous" doesn't mean vacuum: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vacuous https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vacuous

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mrits 6y ago

I live with a FB employee. Most of my close friends are FB employees. I've literally never heard this.

zaz77 6y ago
Well, thank God for that, because with that kind of authoritative observation we can close the books on this one permanently. Dodged a bullet there, didn’t we? Pitchforks down, everyone, ‘mrits has this one in hand. This is an extremely well-known phenomenon. This is the third time I’ve heard of it happening to an OG. It’s pretty common knowledge that the right teams inside Instagram look the other way; what’s a user going to do, sue? People are making money. I’m sure your roommate who works on Tupperware or whatever wouldn’t know a thing about it, but Facebook is also roughly the size of Romania, so perhaps your front row seat to the inner workings of an organization that also legally compels your roommate to not tell you things isn’t as end all as you’d assume. Hint: I work at Facebook.
- moonshinefe 6y ago
  It's not an extremely well known phenomenon at all. Asserting things while being overly emotional and aggressive isn't evidence. So: Citation needed.
  - zaz77 6y ago
    So are you asking for screenshots from my email of the thread where everyone came together to agree on the terms and execution of the conspiracy, or? Also, sarcasm isn’t an emotion. I’m English, so perhaps consider that my culture of challenging someone is different from yours before projecting whatever big bad horrible emotional troll hurt your feelings once. Facebook is literally more employees than even populate this dreadful site, but someone says “my roommate’s brother’s uncle by blood works there and I’ve never heard of it so it’s plainly false” and we’re all to just fawn over the precious insight? I’m sorry, I’ll try again: thanks, ‘mrats. Very brave.
    - 6y ago

vmception 6y ago

> Why do random fb employees even have this capability? Assuming that's what happened here, its because to them it is pure coincidence that the market values these database entries at all. Like sure, at this point they know it means a lot to people and inspires many other people and can effect entire markets that they are unaware of, but from their perspective it isn't "god mode" its "lol ok, wanna hit up sushi for lunch later?"

forgotmypw17 6y ago

Basically, you can't trump physical access...