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A while back I wrote a post discussing the extremely irritating “Why are all these strangers following me?” hoax on Facebook.
In a nutshell, that hoax tells you to type the words “following me” into the Facebook search box to see a list of all the people who are following you.
As you probably know, Facebook is a favorite playground for scammers and hoaxsters.
It seems like a new scam or hoax pops up on a daily basis while others seem to come and go like the tides.
Right now a very dangerous recurring scam is once again targeting Facebook Messenger users.
The actual scams being perpetrated vary quite a bit but most of them typically work something like this: [Read more…]
Question from Patti T.: My son bought a Surface Pro and he gave me his old Vido 10 inch Windows tablet. It works great except for one really irritating problem.
When I load Facebook in the Chrome browser everything looks so small it’s hard to read it, and it’s even harder to tap on links and stuff.
Someone told me that I can load the mobile Facebook site to make everything easier to use but I can’t figure out how to the mobile version to load. It keeps loading the full website no matter what I do.
Can you tell me what I need to do to load the mobile Facebook site?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Well, the scammers and hoaxsters never seem to take a break from Facebook and it’s companion Messenger app. It seems like a new one starts making the rounds virtually every day.
The latest hoax to come to my attention is being spread primarily by Messenger.
The text of the hoax messages vary, but they usually read something like this: [Read more…]
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Question from Kellie: I’m in a few Facebook groups that are very personal in nature (victims of abuse, etc.).
I would prefer that my friends didn’t see the posts I make in these groups.
Is there a way for me to post in these groups without having the posts visible to my Facebook friends?
Thank you in advance for your help!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]