Have you seen a "Facebook ghost?"

Facebook and other social networking sites are public not private. If you don't want it read then don't write it. People feel an annonimity because they are alone when they write/post/blog but they must remember there are millions of potential readers and those readers know other readers who may just know you. Be careful!

I think it's fairly common to see fake "ghost" profiles on just about all social networking sites. It's lame, and it sucks, but it's a part of life. It's your choice to add someone as a friend or to trust a complete internet stranger. This is no big deal... it's really just about (the lack of ) common sense.

Its not hard to creat a second account with a e-mail with a bogus name not linked to you in any way. I know people who have several. It would only take a matter of minutes to delete all of this info and its technically gone, although its still there forever. It wouldn't be hard get a person to add you as a friend either. Lots of people are creating second accounts. Just sign up with a unrelated e-mail and ditch it when your done. You would have to trace ip addresses to trace it but thats easily avoided. Its not rocket science. Even if you wanted to go super sleuth.

I enjoy FraceBook very much and the interchange with freinds all over the world, but the IQ Quiz that leads to use your Cell number to get a text message for your score is a Scam that should be stopped
at those Text messages continue unending to your cell phone and your cell bill.

Facebook should ban such prractices and think of other ways to earn revenues through advertising.

It is very annoying to constantly be taunted about IQ challenges to lure you into taking the very stupid test to get your cell number.

I confess that I used a fake profile when I was researching a potential nanny. I was very relieved to see pictures of a New Years party that seemed very tame. Her friends seemed 'normal' along with her boyfriend. I learned a lot about her and was much more comfortable allowing her to watch my kids. What a great tool!

I don't understand why people "friend up" complete strangers. It's an easily-avoided problem–just don't accept anyone you don't personally know as a friend. It's not that hard and frankly, if you are working, doing your chores, and having a real life, you really don't have time to be keeping up with more than about 30 people. It's not that hard, either, to be picky about your apps, although I think Facebook needs to put a tight rein on these apps and their creators.

Want to rein in your potential ghosts? Then it's time to do like the rest of us do and organize all those hundreds of people like I did: group them and put restriction levels on what they see, what they access, and what your friends can post about you. Anyone who doesn't is blatantly irresponsible and really shouldn't be working a job anywhere anyway because they obviously don't know how to utilize technology, don't know how to separate work from home (i.e. be a professional), and they won't be very private nor secure with their company's information.

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