Facebook Chain Mail Senders - General Discussion

johnny_t · 13-12-2007, 16:02

If you are the sort of person that litters up other people's inbox with schmaltzy poems and other crap, that ends with a line similar to 'Send this onto everyone and back to me - If I don't get it back then you're not my friend', do you get really upset if you don't get it back ?

Similarly 'If you don't forward this on then your kids will die' - Do you really want your friend's kids to die if they're a bit busy right now ?

At least in the good old days of chain letters, you had to put some effort into writing them out and posting them and possibly got a postcard from somewhere foreign at the end of it. But this stuff is so easy to send on, and so unrewarding...

Why, why, why ?

*Bex* · 13-12-2007, 16:37

I got sent this one - try it - it's great...

WOW! Try this funny magic trick with a friend - it worked for me! If you're on your own save it for later...

It works and is like magic but only if you've got a friend partner in crime or a colleague to help!!! It really doesn't work on your own! Ask your friend to write "1.d ten t" on a piece of paper, then turn around and say "carrots" 5 times in a row, and like magic a special message will appear in front of your eyes.

Portrait · 13-12-2007, 16:41

no special message has appeared in front of my eyes!!!

DaisyBumbleroot · 13-12-2007, 17:07

I dont bother looking at my fun/super wall any more - i HATE those kinds of forwards

squidsin · 13-12-2007, 17:11

I deleted my superwall because I was so annoyed with those irritating chain forwards. Is there some way of spamming people's walls, or are my friends really choosing to send me that sh*te?!

whoever,hey · 13-12-2007, 17:14

I call that stuff spam. Nothing more/nothing less.

13-12-2007, 17:15

I have loads of facebook request's, and I'm not even registered.

I put them in my filing cabinet "the bin"

gandatron · 13-12-2007, 17:16

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Originally Posted by DaisyBumbleroot

I dont bother looking at my fun/super wall any more - i HATE those kinds of forwards

Yep. Same here.

Claratana · 13-12-2007, 17:18

I really don't like facebook.

I don't get all this Superpoke stuff. What is the point?

DRofThuganomics · 13-12-2007, 17:24

What pisses me off is when someone sends a reuest and they get an error message they click send again and you end up getting 2 requests the same. Just press go home if you get error messages.

stoatie · 13-12-2007, 17:28

I keep getting them, usually from people who are new to the internet, and haven't seen all this s*** a million times before. Given that they're my friends, I usually just reply with "you do realise this is b******s, don't you?", but very politely, and explain why this is the case. They don't usually send any more. But I'm always nice about it- I'm sure a few years ago I'd have fallen for it as well.

Claratana · 13-12-2007, 17:30

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Originally Posted by stoatie

I keep getting them, usually from people who are new to the internet, and haven't seen all this s*** a million times before. Given that they're my friends, I usually just reply with "you do realise this is b******s, don't you?", but very politely, and explain why this is the case. They don't usually send any more. But I'm always nice about it- I'm sure a few years ago I'd have fallen for it as well.

I find it hard that there are many people out there who are new to the internet these days.

Apart from the odd pre-schooler!

stoatie · 13-12-2007, 17:38

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Originally Posted by Claratana

I find it hard that there are many people out there who are new to the internet these days.

Apart from the odd pre-schooler!

You'd think so... it's usually the older people, though! People my age who've only just got broadband or whatever.

tommy vercetti · 13-12-2007, 19:12

I hate the chain letters. I have atchelly un installed the superwall on my profile because all I was getting where the same crap chain letters from about 6 different people every night.

goonst · 13-12-2007, 19:16

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Originally Posted by mizzle

no special message has appeared in front of my eyes!!!

ID10T?

malaikah · 13-12-2007, 19:36

I am very fond of the delete button for this such cr*p.

I can never understand why anybody forwards such sh*t - i mean, they can't believe it, surely. So what's the point??!

welshmam · 13-12-2007, 19:44

i just press delete what ever the warning

Lazlo_St_Pierre · 13-12-2007, 22:20

I honestly think the Facebook craze has peaked. A couple of months ago, everyone I knew was mad on it, on it every night, sending all sorts of stuff, joining all sorts of groups (even if they only had four members and no activity for months) and asking anyone they had ever even heard of to be their friend.
Now I seem to see very little activity amongst my 25 or so friends, apart from these bloody chain mails.
Oh, and one guy who had just 'left the group 'I Hope Ricky Hatton Gives Floyd Mayweather a F***in Good Hiding'.

LnMidna · 13-12-2007, 22:26

Do not get me started on Amy Bruce

I wish people would reference Snopes more.

SecretLifeoBees · 13-12-2007, 22:26

The ones that REALLY piss me off are the ones that start "If someone called (instert name here) tries to add you as a friend do not accept....." then it goes on to say they'll attempt to blow your computer up or some such crap.... I just delete it.

jen0607 · 13-12-2007, 22:30

I delete all the ones that I don't like. I think I only have two on there. (And neither are spammy chain mail crap) I've got a couple of good ones though - including one with a load of chavs in a picture. The Caption is - If Carlsberg made guns.....'

*MikeB* · 14-12-2007, 07:38

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Originally Posted by SecretLifeoBees

The ones that REALLY piss me off are the ones that start "If someone called (instert name here) tries to add you as a friend do not accept....." then it goes on to say they'll attempt to blow your computer up or some such crap.... I just delete it.

They are a load of rubbish. Have you noticed the photos of the people on them. That's the only reason they exist, cos some fella wanted to get his face round Facebook.

MadgeBishop · 14-12-2007, 08:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by LnMidna

Do not get me started on Amy Bruce

I wish people would reference Snopes more.

Agreed. I think Snopes should be the default homepage for every single internet user in the world

weateallthepies · 14-12-2007, 08:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by SecretLifeoBees

The ones that REALLY piss me off are the ones that start "If someone called (instert name here) tries to add you as a friend do not accept....." then it goes on to say they'll attempt to blow your computer up or some such crap.... I just delete it.

I've had that one from people I thought were reasonably techy.

Oh no he'll get my IP address! He'll be able to steal my children!

I am convinced the internet is actually a virus which turns 99% of humanity into idiots who laugh at pictures of cats and send each other paranoid chain mails.

14-12-2007, 08:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by weateallthepies

I've had that one from people I thought were reasonably techy.

Oh no he'll get my IP address! He'll be able to steal my children!

I am convinced the internet is actually a virus which turns 99% of humanity into idiots who laugh at pictures of cats and send each other paranoid chain mails.

Pictures of cats rule.

13-12-2007, 16:02	#1
johnny_t Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Selby, Jewel of North Yorks Posts: 6,844	Facebook Chain Mail Senders If you are the sort of person that litters up other people's inbox with schmaltzy poems and other crap, that ends with a line similar to 'Send this onto everyone and back to me - If I don't get it back then you're not my friend', do you get really upset if you don't get it back ? Similarly 'If you don't forward this on then your kids will die' - Do you really want your friend's kids to die if they're a bit busy right now ? At least in the good old days of chain letters, you had to put some effort into writing them out and posting them and possibly got a postcard from somewhere foreign at the end of it. But this stuff is so easy to send on, and so unrewarding... Why, why, why ?

13-12-2007, 16:37	#2
Bex Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,977	I got sent this one - try it - it's great... WOW! Try this funny magic trick with a friend - it worked for me! If you're on your own save it for later... It works and is like magic but only if you've got a friend partner in crime or a colleague to help!!! It really doesn't work on your own! Ask your friend to write "1.d ten t" on a piece of paper, then turn around and say "carrots" 5 times in a row, and like magic a special message will appear in front of your eyes.

13-12-2007, 16:41	#3
Portrait Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 450	no special message has appeared in front of my eyes!!!

13-12-2007, 17:07	#4
DaisyBumbleroot Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Derby, UK Services: sky for tv, 02 for phone, virgin for internet Posts: 14,572	I dont bother looking at my fun/super wall any more - i HATE those kinds of forwards

13-12-2007, 17:11	#5
squidsin Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,049	I deleted my superwall because I was so annoyed with those irritating chain forwards. Is there some way of spamming people's walls, or are my friends really choosing to send me that sh*te?!

13-12-2007, 17:14	#6
whoever,hey Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Services: Toppy, Quad Vista 64, PS3 Posts: 18,532	I call that stuff spam. Nothing more/nothing less.

13-12-2007, 17:15	#7
Diddo Posts: n/a	I have loads of facebook request's, and I'm not even registered. I put them in my filing cabinet "the bin"

13-12-2007, 17:18	#9
Claratana Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 4,574	I really don't like facebook. I don't get all this Superpoke stuff. What is the point?

13-12-2007, 17:24	#10
DRofThuganomics Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Manchester Services: Virgin Media VIP Package Posts: 4,046	What pisses me off is when someone sends a reuest and they get an error message they click send again and you end up getting 2 requests the same. Just press go home if you get error messages.

13-12-2007, 17:28	#11
stoatie Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,939	I keep getting them, usually from people who are new to the internet, and haven't seen all this s* a million times before. Given that they're my friends, I usually just reply with "you do realise this is b****s, don't you?", but very politely, and explain why this is the case. They don't usually send any more. But I'm always nice about it- I'm sure a few years ago I'd have fallen for it as well.

13-12-2007, 19:12	#14
tommy vercetti Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 417	I hate the chain letters. I have atchelly un installed the superwall on my profile because all I was getting where the same crap chain letters from about 6 different people every night.

13-12-2007, 19:36	#16
malaikah Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not far enough Services: Postal Posts: 9,312	I am very fond of the delete button for this such crp. I can never understand why anybody forwards such sht - i mean, they can't believe it, surely. So what's the point??!

13-12-2007, 19:44	#17
welshmam Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: living room Posts: 1,477	i just press delete what ever the warning

13-12-2007, 22:20	#18
Lazlo_St_Pierre Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The Night Shift Posts: 3,285	I honestly think the Facebook craze has peaked. A couple of months ago, everyone I knew was mad on it, on it every night, sending all sorts of stuff, joining all sorts of groups (even if they only had four members and no activity for months) and asking anyone they had ever even heard of to be their friend. Now I seem to see very little activity amongst my 25 or so friends, apart from these bloody chain mails. Oh, and one guy who had just 'left the group 'I Hope Ricky Hatton Gives Floyd Mayweather a F***in Good Hiding'.

13-12-2007, 22:26	#19
LnMidna Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Female Location: Under Malcolm Tucker's desk... Services: Malcolm Tucker, Leroy Jethro Gibbs Posts: 2,336	Do not get me started on Amy Bruce I wish people would reference Snopes more.

13-12-2007, 22:26	#20
SecretLifeoBees Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Gender: Female Location: Dorothy Fish Common Room Services: Showing every single one of them the back of my head! Posts: 14,347 Blog Entries: 7	The ones that REALLY piss me off are the ones that start "If someone called (instert name here) tries to add you as a friend do not accept....." then it goes on to say they'll attempt to blow your computer up or some such crap.... I just delete it.

13-12-2007, 22:30	#21
jen0607 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,196	I delete all the ones that I don't like. I think I only have two on there. (And neither are spammy chain mail crap) I've got a couple of good ones though - including one with a load of chavs in a picture. The Caption is - If Carlsberg made guns.....'