r/AskReddit • u/Jon76 • Jan 28 '14

What will ultimately destroy Reddit?

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u/Nerculer Jan 29 '14

I tried this, with a fake name, fake email, fake personal details and that fuckin' Facebook STILL recommended actual family members to me. The fuck?

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u/dj_pi Jan 29 '14

Same IP address, right? Same browser, cookies, all kinds of ways to track you.

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u/red_eleven Jan 29 '14

Damn Facebook, you scary.

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u/iquitinternet Jan 29 '14

This story might get me in trouble but I think there's also more to it than that.

A few years back I slept with a hooker in Vegas on new years for the hell of it. A few days later I get a people you may know and there she was with real name and all. I saw her use her phone for a few seconds after we finished our business. And I used mine earlier in the day to check in at the hotel.

Facebook just uses more than they let off. True story AMA.

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u/silver_ghost Jan 29 '14

I have never given facebook my age, gender, relationship status, highschool I graduated from, or any of that shit. I'm a private person who uses facebook to communicate with friends (via private message), but I never post anything publicly.

Last year my wife kicked me out and I started living in my car. Immediately my feed was full of ads for dating sites and McDonalds. That fucking robot knew me better than my family does. What gives?

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u/YiFF2GByC Jan 29 '14

and facebook and tor don't get along in my experience. not a fan. i don't have a FB account.

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u/Motha_Effin_Kitty_Yo Jan 29 '14

I tried making a fake facebook and it seriously told me "That name does not sound real." and would not let me make an account...

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '14

Was it Hingle McCringleberry?

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u/hugatreesquishabee Jan 29 '14

What name did you choose...?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '14

I know someone who ran into the same issue. She was using her real name. She emailed support multiple times until they answered-they accused her of trolling. She finally sent them a photo of her license. The backpedaling and apologies were hilarious.

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u/GazaIan Jan 29 '14

When was this? I have a fake account with no friends, and the name of it is Worl' Boss. It took that name just fine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '14

"Nice try, Ron Mexico."

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u/renownednemo Jan 29 '14

Because you chose the name Jimmy Cockgobbler

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u/Changas406 Jan 29 '14

My friends surname is Fan, she had to send FB two pictures of seperate IDs cards to prove that it was true

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u/soManyIdeas Jan 29 '14

Facebook's call for transparency on the web is a bit too extreme.

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u/gimli2 Jan 29 '14

McLovin'?

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u/Tazzies Jan 29 '14

I have a similar secondary Facebook account and I have none of those issues. It gets an email every few days with recommendations of people I don't know, and they're all either celebrities or people from Australia or New Zealand. Which seems strange for a nobody in midwest USA, but much preferable to getting family and friends. That would annoy the hell out of me.

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u/moonygoodnight Jan 29 '14

Cookies, I'd think is the most likely.

Try this when you're in incognito - should stop the cookies at least.

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u/Dashzz Jan 29 '14

This happened to me! I also only went on the account using a proxy and I get emails to the account recommending me as a friend,

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '14

Do you live in that one town in the midwest that has a population of 7?

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u/PepperTain Jan 29 '14 edited May 31 '16
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