Mark Gardner :sdf: on Nostr: Is there a term for the fake #SocialMedia accounts that are populated with an ...
Is there a term for the fake #SocialMedia accounts that are populated with an incoherent mixture of personal details? They probably do it to seem legitimate to automated review systems as well as other people who don’t look closely when accepting connections from strangers.
If not, I’m coining it: “persona salad” #PersonaSalad
Here’s a recent #Facebook example that friended an actual friend of mine to lure me into a likely #scam conversation:
https://facebook.com/barb.caldwell.9 Published at
2024-01-03 18:44:16Event JSON
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