Other than being a great social networking website, Facebook is also a very popular gaming website. Millions of people participate in games on Facebook regularly and like many other gaming or internet activities, it is something that may cause some issues if the parents do not understand how Facebook games work and if the children do not manage their time properly. This article should help parents understand why their kids cannot simply “pause their game and come to dinner” or why they “need” to play at a certain time.
Facebook games are quite popular, but not all people on Facebook like them or want to participate in them. There are various reasons why people may not want to participate in Facebook games: [click to continue…]
Facebook should have a better screening process for their ads.
Every now and then I notice scams and other questionable gift card contests and whatnot popping up on Facebook. I probably should have blogged about those earlier. A little while ago I noticed a few actual paid ads that are obvious scams. The two I found that day were for “work from home” type jobs promising you thousands of dollars for easy part time work that you can do from home. Ads like “$400+ Day – Full Time Job” may pop up between your usual ads on the side of your Facebook news feed among ads for legitimate business opportunities (some real companies actually do advertise jobs on Facebook). An easy well to tell is by clicking on the ad and seeing where it takes you.
The above ad promising the $400+ per day job takes you to a dubious news site called News Daily 7 with an article called “Work at Home Mum Makes $8,795/Month Part-Time” and tells you about some struggling lady who needed money and came across some “work at home kit” which somehow made her start earning money.
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