Facebook Wall Spam
Call me crazy, but I’ve never been a huge fan of spam. There, I’ve said it. Slogging through spam is about as enjoyable as a root canal. In fact, a root canal is just a notch above sorting spam because at least with the dentist, there’s always the chance of pain killers being involved.
So with that said, imagine my surprise when I checked my Facebook wall tonight to find some lovely spam from a sleazy company known as Ring Rockstar.
I’ve messaged the friend who sent it to me and she assures me that she didn’t post the message. Thanks to her newsfeed, we’ve been able to see that her account only posted the message on my wall for some reason, but we’re not really sure why as neither of us have talked on Facebook in, well, forever. The spam seems 100% random and yet is still 100% annoying.
This is something that Facebook has in the past and needs to continue taking seriously. We can talk all we want about how Facebook is slowly turning into Myspace what with all the clutter on people’s profiles thanks to applications. Yet the day spam runs rampant on Facebook is the day it’s officially dead to millions of users. It’s the deal-breaker that keeps far more people off Myspace and on Facebook than some realize. I can’t tell you how many spam messages and comments I get on Myspace in a given day, but up until now, that number for Facebook was a resounding zero.
I certainly hope it continues to be that low for a long time to come, this one message aside.
I have a similar story. An old friend from high school, who I’ve never talked to on Facebook, seemingly answered a question no one would ever ask. It may have been the exact same message.
I have a similar story too. My Wall is saying my brother sent me a message “I have sent you a crush! View it at http://the.secretlovecalculator.info” this morning but he didn’t login on facebook today.
I have had the same problem today….how does the company responsible for the spam access their facebook account? This is a huge problem for facebook and they should be motivated to find out who is doing it and mainly ‘how’!!
I believe the Applications are responsible for this. For some reason I’m sure about that.
Sure, but what application? I believe it is one or a few applications which harvests some information or somehow get authorized to post on Friends’ walls… Facebook, please stop it immediately…
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Take a look at this Security Report published by FortiGuard. It might just explain what is going on. The problem is REALLY serious by the way.
Spam 2.0 Moves to Facebook - March 28, 2008
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-08.html