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How to tell if its a spam bot on Facebook:
1) They are of the opposite sex
2) They are attractive..
::hmmm a beautiful woman wants to talk to me... there is some tomfoolery afoot!::
@AlphaKiloPapa I dont really fuss with instagram enough to know... It **looks** like the dynamic is different there. Like the people are real not just spammers it sjust that they mass follow to get follows back and attention.
Almost the same thing but on facebook 100% of these women are men trying to do nigerian scams. On instagram they are who they say they are (mostly, i think) and just trying to sell makeup or whatever else brand.
@freemo Fwiw, this *exact* scam is twice as funny on gay dating sites/apps.
@freemo Went thru a phase of same on Txitter. Blocked & reported every single one. Eventually went away but the inconsistency of response to reports was just inane.
@freemo Facebook got a lot better for me when I realized the only value it has was connecting with people I personally know in real life (I may not have seen them in a decade, but I know them and want to stay connected). Thus those bots are easy to get rid of as I don't care if that random person is real or not - I don't know them so they are not in. I have also made it a point to leave all facebook groups. Facebook is a terrible forum for connecting to people who share an interest with me, or for buying selling things: I don't miss those parts are all. Now if I could just convince people that I don't want to see anything someone shared - if it isn't their life I don't want to see it.
@bluGill Thats mostly how I use facebook, people I personally know.
@freemo Instagram is just as bad. Why do 12 women who look like supermodels and 2 of my friends follow me in insta? I must just be a stud π€·πΌββοΈ