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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacebook is forcing people to "like" Mitt Romney.
http://www.markturner.net/2012/08/23/facebook-virus-forcees-me-to-like-mitt-romney/
I checked Facebook this evening to find status updates from Mitt Romneys campaign in my Facebook news feed. Thinking this was one of those stupid promoted updates that you see on Twitter, I gave it no mind. That is, until I found yet another update from the Romney campaign in my news feed. It was then that I surfed over to the Mitt Romney Facebook page and discovered to my shock that I was listed as liking that page.
Umm, no. Obama has raised my ire more than once, of course, but there is no way Im voting for that clueless millionaire buffoon I call Rmoney. How Facebook came to think I would like the Romney page is quite the mystery.
A fellow geek suggested (I assume half-jokingly) that a Romney virus might be responsible for the status change. While I laughed at the suggestion, now Im wondering if there might be truth to it. I have seen updates saying some friend of mine liked Mitt Romney, only to be surprised that person would do so knowing what I know of them. Not everyone wears their politics on their sleeve the way I do, but when you see multiple instances of this kid of thing you do begin to wonder if these choices arent being made without the knowledge of the account holders.
Just for shits and grins, I checked Facebooks All Activity page for my account (you most likely cant see the info in my link yourselves, but your account has a similar page. Munge the URL accordingly to see yours). I found where I unliked Mitt Romneys page this evening, but going back to August 1st, it never showed me ever liking Mitt Romneys page!
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This happened to 2 people on my feed, who I KNOW aren't Romney fans in any way, shape or form. Haven't seen the same happen for Obama. I wonder how many fake "likes" Mittens has?
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)n/t
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)people will recognize that something is fishy.
justabob
(3,069 posts)when someone else brought this up. It isn't just Romney, my friends are finding 'likes' for various products that they have no interest in.
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)bluemarkers
(536 posts)happened to friends "liking" Marriott Points. They didn't, but it showed they did. Bet some one is exploiting a glitch, what you say a glitch in Facebook?!
My FB issue is Ryan. He keeps showing up in promoted column on the right. Three times I deleted it noting it was against my beliefs, finally I said I found it offensive, which I do. It's not shown up.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)But I will check regularly.
And, Da-am, but Mitt's got a bunch of pages.
Defeating Mitt Romeny, Mitt Romney Sucks, and MItt Romney is a tool are worth looking at.
jsr
(7,712 posts)Cannikin
(8,359 posts)n/t
Cannikin
(8,359 posts)Though, because I'm in a red state, he's constantly in my suggested pages box.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Of thing is why I am no longer on facebook, had my account deleted some time back and haven't missed it one bit. They are crooked and deceptive to an extreme...The companies that advertise there wil get the word eventually and it will come down. I just wish I had the computer savvy to put up and honest version of something like it myself.
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)and I know people who are leaving because of it. It feels like they are getting desperate because of all the money they've lost from their stock offering and advertisers pulling their ads.
This is the worst issue I've heard so far.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)Or at least a strongly dislike?