derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
There are so many on facebook, are they legit or are they scams? Looks like an easy way to make money, if people do cough up.
Petitions on Facebook
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slow horse
Active Member
Mine's not a scam, it's a legitimate request to increase my wealth at little expense to individual donors.
I don't do the likes of Facebook, Xitter, etc. but all the petitions I've seen elsewhere are where you sign (for free) to support a campaign for something you agree with eg "We the undersigned think that xxx should (or should not) be permitted ...". How do these Facebook petitions "make money"?
Ian
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
What's a Facebook?
slow horse
Active Member
You know that quote "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt"? It's one of those places where all doubt is removed.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Eh? I'm not giving my personal details to Mark Zuckerberg to monetise and abuse, yet I'm the foolish one?
slow horse
Active Member
Not at all, for you have escaped his clutches.
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Blyth, Northumberland
Many of the petitions I sign then take you to a thank you page asking you to chip in to support the court case or whatever. None of them are on Facebook and tend to be well known organisations such as Greenpeace or on a campaign platform like 38 degrees. I don't think I've ever responded to the request for money.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
They are only interested in gathering marketing data (for other people) and personal preference data (to sell to other people), and to find out what your preferences are so they can better target ads at you. Anyone who signs up to anything for free is "the product". FB takes it 2 steps further. It is a weird concept though; I once got upset when curries wanted my address when I was buying a camera. But I've freely given lots of my personal data and photos to FB just so people can click "like" on them. I would delete my account tomorrow and request that all data is removed, but what if Carly from school wants to contact me in an emergency (even though I haven't seen her for 25 years)? I don't have her number. She could be in trouble
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
I do look at our local FB page as it does contain useful and sometimes vital information. Scams do appear sometimes but are detected quickly.
I do not contribute and have no “ friends” but just browse.
The Isle of Harris page is good for a laugh as they take the mickey out of touroid and settlers.
I do not contribute and have no “ friends” but just browse.
The Isle of Harris page is good for a laugh as they take the mickey out of touroid and settlers.
