The other day I received an invitation to join my BFF on her Facebook page. I responded immediately, although I did wonder why she did not mention this to me in advance. Later, I called her to acknowledge her new venture, and she was very surprised and confused because she had NOT created a Facebook page. She did not know the people on the page, her so-called friends, and we were both startled to learn she had become a billboard advertising all sorts of products.
The find was amazing. Not knowing what was going on, I put in my email address, and I too had a fictitious page filled with all kinds of advertisements and products I would never use, as well as "friends," people I did NOT know.
Is this what makes Facebook so great? They get someone's email address and then create a fictitious page to give the impression one supports this advertising fiasco? If I want to be a billboard, I think I could manage that on my own without the help of Facebook. I tried to delete the page, but you need a password to do so, and of course I did not have one since I did not set up the page. I emailed Facebook to get the instructions for deletion, but of course I have heard nothing.
How many of you have a fictitious Facebook page? You should check and see what kind of billboard you are.
I think Facebook would have been successful for what it is. Plenty of people cannot wait to put their life story out there; I just happen to not be one of them. And since they made me a billboard advertising products I would never use, where is my cut? Facebook, how greedy are you? Stock in this company is tenuous at best.
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