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Offline SnakeEyes

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Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« on: August 21, 2011, 02:07:28 AM »
I'm just wondering.  Anyone know?
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2011, 02:09:25 AM »
It seems like a mix to me, although I would never click one of them anyway.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2011, 02:13:24 AM »
Yeah, my wife did some advertising for my band because I asked her to promote us and we've had a few "likes" from people that we've never heard of, especially foreigners or people with names that sound foreign. 

But, the strange thing is that NONE of them have ANYTHING visible on their profiles and, when I Google their names, nothing comes up.  Does that sound fishy or am I just being paranoid?
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2011, 02:27:21 AM »
Well I've never been on the advertiser side of the issue, but I don't think it's a scam to advertise on Facebook. I can't find my own FB page on a Google search (just a bunch of other people with the same name), and I have all of my FB security settings pretty tight, so maybe Google doesn't rank them highly enough in the search results.

But the real question is how many people are we talking here? 5? 20? If it's only a few, then I wouldn't worry too much yet. If it's like 10+ people all showing no info, then maybe I'd start keeping a closer eye on it.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2011, 02:59:40 AM »
Honestly, it doesn't really matter to me, since I ignore them anyway. I guess I'm just too suspicious to let curiosity take over (and probably rightfully so).
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2011, 03:08:20 AM »
Pretty often I'll click on advertisements for a bands facebook page. So I guess there are some of us out there.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2011, 07:23:43 PM »
If they seem fishy, I report them for being "offensive." :p
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2011, 07:27:24 PM »
There's plenty of legitimate things that advertise on facebook, but there's a decent share of scams. Not sure what the ratio is.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2011, 07:30:13 PM »
It's 3.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2011, 07:30:34 PM »
You counted? :biggrin:
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2011, 10:58:01 PM »
Quote from: Super Dude on August 22, 2011, 07:23:43 PM
If they seem fishy, I report them for being "offensive." :p

I report almost all facebook ads as offensive just to be a dick. Or I choose "other" and type in something ridiculous. But that's mostly because their targeted ads are always so far off.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2011, 11:02:09 PM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on August 22, 2011, 10:58:01 PM
Quote from: Super Dude on August 22, 2011, 07:23:43 PM
If they seem fishy, I report them for being "offensive." :p

I report almost all facebook ads as offensive just to be a dick. Or I choose "other" and type in something ridiculous. But that's mostly because their targeted ads are always so far off.

I do the same thing with uninteresting adds, hoping that more relevant adds might appear instead of breast enhancement adds.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2011, 11:21:18 PM »
I have found some awesome big lebowski and bill and teds shirts from those ads.
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Re: Is Facebook advertising for real or is it just a scam?
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2011, 05:43:57 AM »
I haven't seen Facebook ads in years... AdBlock Plus takes care of them, thank goodness.
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