Comments on: Experiencng Facebook Spam?

By: hr

hr — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:51:00 +0000

Are you kidding? Spammers attacked MySpace because it was the most popular social network. Now that Facebook is growing and overtaking MySpace’s position, wouldn’t it make sense that spammers would find a way to hack and use Facebook to the same ends? Please.

As for any sn capacity to care, you can only put so many resources to fighting spam. If you building on the fly and catching up as you grow, you implement what you can and when you can…. not all at once.

Also, doesn’t it seem logical that the developers at Facebook learned a lot of lessons for MySpace. Eventually, a new SN will come along and surpass them both.

Just wait and see.

By: Remo

Remo — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:03:24 +0000

People that believe that Facebook has less spam than myspace need to get off their high horse and take more notice. As a former Facebook user I got way more useless spam from Facebook then I ever have on Myspace. The people on Facebook are not more sophisticated, rather less advanced when it comes to creating a good looking profile page. Yes there are many myspace profiles that look bad, but atleast they give you a choice, unlike Facebook profiles that are all the same and are clogged up with useless time wasting applications. Privacy is an even bigger issue on Facebook as everyone in your friend list knows what what you have been doing. Plus they control how many people you add to your network. For a business you need to have no restrictions on how many people you can invite.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:31:30 +0000

I started noticing facebook spam last week and after a google search found that the application Secret Crush installed spyware and facebook has been battling with it since.

http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2289.html

By: chad

chad — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:13:29 +0000

I currently work for a larger social network which will remain nameless… and I just want to point out, this is some of the hardest stuff to combat.

I understand you’re upset about spam and phishing… as we all are, but you should be the guys under the hood trying to stop it… not easy, we’re actually developing an artificial intelligence system that will rate and rank users for likely hood of being a spammer or scammer… it’s not an easy problem to solve, and just when you think you solve it… the scammers/spammers evolve.

And on a final note… there is no patch for human stupidity… how are we suppossed to stop an idiot from clicking on a link and willingly typing in their username and password?!…

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:21:15 +0000

I have also experianced the same mail from someone I trust and he is at a loss about it. Seems like FB has some security issues to resolve. My mate is a techie so I am assuming that he has no handing out his password everywhere.

By: Matt J

Matt J — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:12:41 +0000

It’s unlikely to have been by an app, but I suppose that an app could redirect you to a phishing site.

By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:28:20 +0000

I think it’s cute how some people draw a philosophical distinction between FB and MS.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:23:02 +0000

Yeah.. I’ve been getting that same ‘ad’ for a few weeks. I finally contacted my friend, he had no idea. That was my guess too, that his account got hacked, possibly via an app? Either way, I share in your disappointment.

By: Myke

Myke — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:32:38 +0000

I think I can agree with you to some extent on the difference between the two sites. Myspace really is a breeding ground for spam and seems behind facebook as far as some things go (applications and status updates). I have both but simply for keeping in touch with good friends from that past.

On a side note I’d really like a clarification of “instant results”. I mean that could be quite terrifying…