Doesn't FB have an approval process? Or does said process consist solely of "how much will we make?"

Ugh, Facebook, Facebook, Facebook. Am I the only person who is not displaying every single detail of their entire life online for all to see? Like this idiot?

Not only does it seem to be fraught with privacy pitfalls, its content reminds me why I hated high school so much.

i ran into one like this the other day. it pops up a notification saying that someone has complained about the content on your facebook page. yo ucan click and see what the complaint is, then it asks you to install an application. dumb.

@umbriago:
I was asked to have a facebook account by my job, and I dread having to update it.
I doubt even my parents would recognize me via my facebook page.

@cash_da_pibble: If you don't mind my asking, what type of work do you do where you need a facebook page?

I just got this notification this morning. It seemed suspect that I would have to install an application to see a comment on one of my own photos, so I ignored it.

@larrymac: Reminds me of the Apple store.

@umbriago:

I use Facebook but I only log in once a day. That is it and every single person on my friends list I know in the real world. My page is private and very little personal information is posted.

I use Facebook to keep in touch with old friends I knew when I was younger. As for all the stupid apps it ask you to install I ignore them all. There is no need for me to install any sort of third party app so everyone knows what type of hockey player I am or how much beer I can drink.

Some of us do use Facebook for what it is. A way to keep in touch with old friends.

@larrymac:
I'll take "how much will we make" for $200 Alex

Actually, some of my Facebook friends may technically qualify as pointless self-replicating spam.

I do appreciate the heads-up, although I doubt I would have installed it. I can warn friends, at least.

I've noticed a lot of "a friend sent you a blah blah blah"-type notifications over the past month or so and always thought it was strange that no name was attached- I figured they were fake. I'm glad I ignored them!

@umbriago: Oh man, I looooove lamebook. In moments of feeling a sense of dampened self-esteem for whatever reason, all I have to do is check out lamebook, and I instantly feel much better about myself.

There are quite a large number of applications that employ this banner ad -- mostly quiz-style applications that try to confuse the "submit answers" button with a banner. The actual banner in the given screenshot starts with the heart and goes all the way across the bottom.

User who submitted the warning (which is actually a warning about banner ad confusion, not about a specific app, because so many have these) hasn't used many apps, apparently.

@NotYou007: I don't do the apps either. It bothers me that they want all my info. All I care about is friends I knew from college who live far away from me.

Thanks for the warning.

I did a quiz but I did the copy and paste in Notes thingy. I try to stay away from apps on FB.

I reported this app (or a similar one) to facebook as a scam, the moment I realized it was an external app and not the basic photos app. Sad to see that it's still around and facebook hasn't acted...

Watch out. I got a notice in my status tab that 'XXX had commented on [my] status'. It looks just like the Facebook notifications and when you click it, it's an application. I wouldn't go through to see if it were self-replicating but I bet you money it was.

I just got a facebook request that suggested an "auto tag" for my photo, meaning it made a guess as to what I would tag the photo. I denied it but I am willing to bet it was one of those spam apps

@umbriago: I love how they not only obscured the real profile picture, but they also obscured the generic "no picture" picture, just in case someone could identify them ;-)

@umbriago:
OMG! lamebook.com.....now that is a funny site. I've just sat here and wasted 30 mins reading some of the stupid stuff people write on FB
TOO funny...thanks for sharing!