Wouldn’t it have been great if Facebook was available to record some of the most monumental discoveries of our time. Galileo’s discovery that the earth revolved around the sun is an indisputable fact these days. But, back in the early 1600′s when he published his findings it was quite controversial. In fact, it got him in a lot of hot water.
Not too long ago, someone imagined what Galileo’s Facebook status might have been like and how the church would have reacted.
Hardcore Harry Potter fans went up in arms over a parody that people misunderstood once it became a popular share on Facebook.
The Onion, a publication that satirizes news items, printed the “Final Minutes of Last Harry Potter Movie To Be Split Into Seven Separate Films” and all heck broke loose when people began sharing the story on Facebook.
Diehard Pott-heads began protesting to no end. Hudson Hongo, a writer, thought that he should capitalize on this debate and countless others, many of which are fanned on the popular social networking site, so he just created a website called Literally Unbelievable.
Hongo’s website interprets stories that The Onion runs that are then become misunderstood when shared on Facebook. The impetus for his site began with a May 18 story “Planned Parenthood Opens $ 8 Billion Abortionplex.“ The story also featured a picture of young teen girls and with a looming sign overhead that read “Abortions, 8,864,902 Terminated.” Folks were outraged over the fake story and a no-holds-barred debate began on Facebook from both genders. Many were convinced the article was real which talked about a sprawling abortion facility that would terminate pregnancies with rapid-fire results.
“When I found out that people were reacting the same way to many other Onion articles, I felt the phenomenon was worth documenting and put it up my blog. Y’know … for science,” Hongo told CNN.
But is he mocking the gullible? Hongo admits that he is somewhat sympathetic to those individuals who might be satirically impaired. “I think folks are willing to believe Onion articles because the real news so often seems unreal these days,” he explained in an email to CNN.
Meanwhile, back on the Potter front: I’m sure that I do not stand alone when I say, “End it already!” Poof, be gone! I would love to wave my magic wand to bring the curtain down on the coming-of-age fantasy series that has frankly run out of steam.
Readers, what do you think about the rise in Facebook users misinterpreting humorous fictional stories?
Source: All Facebook
While not extremely dangerous, a new like-jacking scam is spreading on Facebook that results in a user liking a page when they click to see the so-called “World Funniest Condom Commercial.”
The story that shows up on users’ profiles is pictured below. Don’t be surprised if you see this one pop up. Right now it continues to spread and so far has duped over 35,000 users. My guess is that this scam will be shut down in the next hour or so, but make sure you don’t fall for this trap!
There’s nothing extremely unique about this scam versus others in the past. In contrast to some of the more advanced scams that we’ve reported over the past couple months, this appears to be a pretty standard one.
The scammers behind this are most likely running a test to make sure their latest like-jacking scripts are up to date (which it appears they are).
If you see the image pictured below, don’t click it!
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Who Knew? Over 915 years later we learned that the Crusades could have been avoided if just someone would play frisbee with the Pope!
Hind sight is always 20/20! Looking back now at Julius Ceasar’s Facebook status update, you figure he should have known something was up huh?
If we are to trust Facebook historians, it seems Moses was a bit of a gangsta! Looking at his Facebook status updates we also find he has a dark sense of humor.
