{"id":307,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=307"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Press-Like-and-Type-K?'----Facebook-Like-Farming,-NOT-'Magic'.","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Press Like and Type K?&#8217; &#8211;  Facebook Like-Farming, NOT &#8216;Magic&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Facebook Post featuring a grey image depicting a tile pattern suggests that you should press &#8216;like&#8217; and type &#8216;K&#8217; to &#8216;see the magic&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>There is no &#8216;magic&#8217; and no amount of liking or letter typing will change the image in any way. The post is just a rather lame ruse designed to gather likes and promote the Facebook Page that published it. In short, the post is just a like-farming scam. The people who create and perpetrate such posts are not worthy of our attention and respect.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-965\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/press-like-and-type-k-facebook-like-farming-not-magic\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,877\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"press-like-type-k-nonsense-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1-274x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-965\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1.jpg\" alt=\"Press Like and Type K Nonsense\" width=\"800\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1-768x842.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/press-like-type-k-nonsense-1-182x200.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>According to this post, which recently appeared on my Facebook news feed, I should hit the &#8216;like&#8217; button on the post, enter the letter &#8216;K&#8217; as a comment and then sit back and wait for the &#8216;magic&#8217; to happen. The post features an image depicting a grey square with repeating tile patterns.<\/p>\n<p>The implication is that, if I &#8216;like&#8217; and &#8216;K&#8217; as instructed, the picture will somehow change or some other &#8216;magical&#8217; event will occur.  \u00a0But, of course, what really happens is that \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0you guessed it &#8211; \u00a0the post registers an extra &#8216;like&#8217; and your rather inane &#8216;K&#8217; comment will appear \u00a0below the post along with all the other rather inane &#8216;K&#8217; comments. Nothing magical will occur. The image will not change or transform in any way whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the \u00a0scammer \u00a0who created the post will be most pleased because, by following the instructions, you have just very effectively promoted his or her Facebook Page to a much larger audience. When you like and comment on a post, many of your Facebook friends may then see the post as well. And, if just a few of your friends follow your lead and like and comment as well,  \u00a0the post will spread far and wide, accumulating a great many extra \u00a0likes and shares as it travels. This greatly increases the popularity of the scammer&#8217;s Page along with the &#8216;reach&#8217; of his or her subsequent posts.<\/p>\n<p>In other \u00a0words, the post is just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-like-farming-scams\/\">like-farming scam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, alas, this example is just one of many variations of the same scam that continually clutter \u00a0our Facebook news feeds. Other versions of the above post ask you to type &#8216;X&#8217; or another letter \u00a0rather than &#8216;K&#8217;. Alternatively, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/like-and-comment-and-see-what-happens-to-the-picture-facebook-like-farming-scams\/\"> posts may \u00a0feature photographs of various landscapes or objects<\/a> that they claim will change in some way when you click like and then comment with a specified letter, number or word.  \u00a0Of course, as with the above example, the image will not change in any way if you like and comment as requested.<\/p>\n<p>These posts are just underhand tricks designed to manipulate less experienced Facebook \u00a0users into spamming their friends on behalf of Facebook scammers. Such \u00a0scammers should be removed from our social media networks and they certainly do not deserve the extra promotion they gain via our likes, shares, and comments.  \u00a0Don&#8217;t play into their hands by participating.  \u00a0And \u00a0make sure your Facebook friends \u00a0know why \u00a0they should not like \u00a0and comment on such posts.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/press-like-and-type-k-facebook-like-farming-not-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/press-like-and-type-k-facebook-like-farming-not-magic\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Facebook Post featuring a grey image depicting a tile pattern suggests that you should press &#8216;like&#8217; and type &#8216;K&#8217; to &#8216;see the magic&#8217;. Brief Analysis There is no &#8216;magic&#8217; and no amount of liking or letter typing will change the image in any way. The post is just a rather lame ruse designed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}