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Hud.gov is worse. 1 full pop-up, plus 1 full red title bar under ...

2025-10-23T19:34:33Z

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Hud.gov is worse.

1 full pop-up, plus 1 full red title bar under that popup, as to remind you on every page. Both in super large text (see screenshot).

2 of 3 Today, I saw an example of this on the Fediverse (see ...

2025-10-16T19:29:14Z

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Today, I saw an example of this on the Fediverse (see screenshot). No one brought up this person’s website. No one was speaking to them directly. No one was talking about them, either. Their reply wasn’t really about my post — it was clearly an attempt to promote their own Fediverse instance, complete with a self-branded hashtag.

Please note that the self-branded hashtag is also their domain name (see screenshot), and the entire context of their reply revolves around their website.

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1 of 3 Today, I'm going to talk about passive-aggressive spam ...

2025-10-16T19:24:40Z

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Today, I'm going to talk about passive-aggressive spam on the Fediverse.

As someone who works at META (Facebook), I encounter this kind of behavior often. Passive-aggressive spam usually looks like someone jumping into a conversation — not to contribute — but to subtly promote their own product, service, or website.

For example, you might be talking about your cat, and suddenly someone replies with something like, "That reminds me, I found amazing deals on cat treats over at my site!" They might not post a direct URL, but the message is clearly promotional. These posts are often supported by a few dummy accounts that quickly like the comment to create a false sense of credibility.

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1 of 2 First, let me say: what’s happening in Gaza is ...

2025-10-16T19:09:45Z

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First, let me say: what’s happening in Gaza is absolutely awful. But what’s also awful is that there are dishonest people taking advantage of others during a crisis.

In one photo, from Facebook (my job, where I work), we had a woman claiming to be a 36-year-old mother of two children, ages 4 and 7. She spaced out the URL in her post, hoping it wouldn’t get flagged by spam filters (it did). The very next day, someone on the Fediverse posted the exact same message, with the same URL. The only differences were that they used a different name, a different profile photo, and claimed to be a 19-year-old girl.

I have reviewed every account associated with the group known as “Gaza Verified” — and they are all scammers. Every single one of them.

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#Gaza #GazaVerified #Scam #Fraud