Monday, November 2, 2009

TechCruch Report: Scams Proliferate on Social Networking Sites

HungryPeople applauds Michael Arrington's expose on the scams being proliferated by certain game developers and ad networks on social networking sites esp. Facebook. We hope Facebook clean up these scammers. We LOVE Facebook and wouldn't want to see its image tarnished by unethical practices of a few shenanigans.

Though ultimately Facebook has to earn money in order to keep serving the millions of people who enjoy the “social experience” it delivers – we want safeguards to be in place that we are not being duped into giving our personal information online without our permission or knowledge. Facebook is a great tool on the web but if these scams continue – one day, a better social networking site will come and give it a run for its money.   

Google? Competition please.

Here are the articles connected with this expose:

Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem Of Hell

Two Companies That Said No To Social Media Scams

How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider's Confession

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