Back in November 2011, Facebook saw spammers take over the Facebook Help Center Community Forum. Now it’s happening all over again. While the forum is meant for asking questions regarding various help topics, spammers are instead using it to spread their crap. Last time, all 22 sections were overrun with various nonsense and links to more nonsense. There are now 23 sections (Facebook Page Insights has since been added) and a quick check shows that this attack isn’t as bad as the last one. If Facebook doesn’t do something quickly, however, it could get out of hand again. Read the full story at The Next Web.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.