Posts made in September 7th, 2010

Facebook Spam is becoming a huge problem

Posted by on Sep 7, 2010 in Facebook | 0 comments

Facebook Spam has been a problem for some time now, but it appears to be getting worse. It’s even become more effective than email spam. According to a recent article in Information Week, the average conversion rate for a recent Facebook spam campaign was about 47%, meaning that nearly half of the people who saw the spam clicked on the link to read it. Several Facebook users have had their accounts compromised, allowing spam to spread on Facebook through status updates, chats and private messages. I’ve noticed this happen to a few of my Facebook friends over the past...

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