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I get so many random foreign people (ostensibly) wanting to connect with me on Facebook, who I dont know, I began to assume a good percentage of them are just b
by syngrog66 5y ago
I get so many random foreign people (ostensibly) wanting to connect with me on Facebook, who I dont know, I began to assume a good percentage of them are just bots or puppets (or "personas") trying to catfish me or inject further data-gathering probes into the Fb social network. LinkedIn has this phenomenon too, but there it feels like a percentage are just aggressive career-networkers. But on Facebook, its out of control and more obvious.
- bryan_w 5y agoYou can set it so that only friends of friends can send you friend requests
- syngrog66 5y agonice tip, thanks. makes me suspect further thats why those puppets/catfishers try to friend people at random on Facebook and LinkedIn. because once the initial suckers accept them in, they've breached the outer defenses of the social media web-o-trust. after that, they can try to friend more targets, but then have the benefit of being able to get past the "must be friends of friends" filter.