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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:23 AM Jan 2013

People Are Sharing Horrible Things About Themselves Thanks to Facebook Search

FB's glistening new search engine makes finding interesting things about yourself, your past, and all of your friends excitingly easy. It also makes it a cinch to find strangers who are openly racist, sexist, and generally embarrassing. This is fun!

http://gizmodo.com/5976328/these-people-are-now-sharing-horrible-things-about-themselves-thanks-to-facebook-search








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People Are Sharing Horrible Things About Themselves Thanks to Facebook Search (Original Post) pokerfan Jan 2013 OP
Fwiw mzteris Jan 2013 #1
and some of them might be jokes pokerfan Jan 2013 #2
I think nearly all of them are jokes Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #3
the "sexism" is a missed translation hopemountain Jan 2013 #4
Oh now that is funny! tblue Jan 2013 #5
Never attribute to evil intent what can be charged to stupidity. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #6
Also stupidity is a real attention getter - but this popularity bubble has to break soon SEMOVoter Jan 2013 #8
Most of these are kids Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #7
Funny thing about "likes" Xyzse Jan 2013 #9

mzteris

(16,232 posts)
1. Fwiw
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:37 AM
Jan 2013

I think that first group just can't spell.. I think they meant rapping. Most of them anyway. At least, I hope that's all it is.

The other ones, well, we know who to avoid at least.

Not sure about the sexism one, either, tho.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
3. I think nearly all of them are jokes
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:03 AM
Jan 2013

I'm glad that when I was a teenager, there was no such thing as Facebook or these other social media because I have no doubt that someone would have made a "joke" page with my name, picture, and bogus information on it.

SEMOVoter

(202 posts)
8. Also stupidity is a real attention getter - but this popularity bubble has to break soon
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:50 AM
Jan 2013

A lot of people will court controversy for attention. If we ignore them, only the true believers will remain. I suspect they will be a smaller group.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
7. Most of these are kids
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:09 AM
Jan 2013

I know that my teenagers and their friends put all sorts of ridiculous and outrageous stuff in their profiles. It causes parents to eye-roll, but that's about it.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
9. Funny thing about "likes"
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:24 AM
Jan 2013

Is that it is an immediate like for any article even relating to that subject.

So if they liked something negative said about the KKK, it could make it look like they like the subject.

So glad I don't have FB.

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