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A cautionary tale re: social media.
I Was Just Friended By Myself On Facebook (And It Only Gets Weirder From There) (Huffington Post)
I Was Just Friended By Myself On Facebook (And It Only Gets Weirder From There) (Huffington Post)
and, as Ms. Bosker writes, it only got weirder from there; the story at the link, with picturesI got a friend request from Bianca Bosker on Wednesday night.
I’m Bianca Bosker, one of just three on Facebook, so the notification took me by surprise.
What followed spooked me: When I finally scoped out this new Bosker at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, I found myself staring back at me.
Someone had created a Facebook profile under my name, with my picture, and with all my personal information -- and then immediately friended me.
This new Bianca had the same cover photo as the old Bianca (aka me); an identical list of jobs, schools and affiliations; and had “liked” the same pages I’ve “liked” (...) Even more disturbing was the fact that “Bianca Bosker’s” most recent status update was word-for-word, period-for-period, my most recent status update.
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