I have been on Facebook quite a few years and Admin a number of groups and Pages there. I have learned to aviod the many pitfalls there are on Facebook.
1. Games. Some of them will change your profile info. Instead of being a US Navy Veteran the Game will change my info to 'Bubble Popper' or something else silly. Some Facebook groups will not admit users with bogus info as such. Games also collect personal info such as your email adress and sell it to spam vendors. Wonder where all that spam email came from?
2. Tests and other apps. Some of these tests that scan your profile and come up with a goofy answer also acess your password. The most notorious app is the one that tells you who visited your profile. Don't use it! Some of these third party apps are how hackers get into your account.
3. Like farming. This will take a little explanation: Anyone who is on Facebook has seen those posts that say like, and type amen or type yes or something to effect. That is called like farming. Eventually the page or person hosting that post will change it and use it collect information on you for nefarious purposes.
4. Boosting and Promoting Pages. This has to be the worst scam of all on Facebook. You have to pay 5 dollars to boost and post and 10 dollars to promote a post. The boosting just shows flashy graphics and doesn't do a thing but get you fake likes--spambots. Facebook has just taken your money and perhaps drawn spammers to your post. Promoting draws spammers and bots. A heavy load of fake likes causes people to start ignoring your page and Faceook drops it lower in the feed. These buttons kill your page if you use them. My advice is get an ad block tool and block off these bottons. They are on every post you put up on your page like a minefield.
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