RANT

So, those of you that have Facebook might have seen the latest spam today. The one that says something along the lines of "In order to prevent spam, you must verify your Facebook account. Click the link below" or something like that.

Now, in the past, I've gotten so much spam from people that DO NOT understand not to click random links! Especially ones that link to "java script:", etc!

So I decide to come up with a "genius" idea. I dig through the spamming javascript code and attempt to modify it. Now it says:
Don't click random links! (Like I just did, but shouldn't have, causing me to repost this) But you should click the link below to spread the word
I go ahead and unleash that. Activate my own javascript code, creates status update, wall posts, etc. Yes. Some other people go ahead and spread it too.
Well, to add credibility to the public service announcement, I add my name to it. Okay, great. I thought people would take that as a sign that they should listen.
Turns out that when even more spam hits, saying something like "Fuck you [censored]s, blahblahblah, vote for Nicole Santos" (who's Nicole Santos anyway?) I take a look and I reason that it's one of the people that got my post. Maybe, maybe not.
Well, this destroys my credibility. People see me as a scapegoat for both the "Verify your account" and "Fuck you [censored]s" spam. Just great. As if I would have created either of those.

My status update on Facebook:
If you feel for any reason that I wronged you within the last hour with those wall posts, okay. That was the point: so that people understand not to click stupid links.
It's all about how the brain works: Once you feel pain, you're not going to do it again, right? Can't do that if you don't understand how.
So, 2 friends gone from my list already, who else disagrees with this?

And please, don't try to contact me

Well, yes. Thank you very much, "friends".

I also happened to get the Dropbox ID of the second spammer, since he happened to be using Dropbox. I see that the javascript code is gone now from his account. Who the fuck is this guy?

Comments

The spam is annoying, yeah, but it seems the bulk of my friends were smart enough not to click random links. I don't think people realize that if it seems suspicious, it is.
 
The problem is that I try to tell people not to click on the stupid links using a modified version of that particular script, and I get flamed for it? Not cool.
 
G
My friends were talking about this.
Nothing happened to me..
 
G
It happened to logged on people mainly.
 
The script was supposed to go through your entire friend list in a for loop:
Code:
for&#40;var i=0; i<friends.length; i++&#41;{
	*snip*
}
 

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