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Today I pose the question: Should you drink and post on social media? You may be thinking that’s a funny thing to ask but over the weekend I saw a very interesting post that caught my attention. I usually don’t follow petty drama on social media but over the weekend I saw a post from a friend that caught my […]
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Misinformation can be seen in a few ways. Misleading content, or information that is skewed to a certain point of view. Or it could just be flat-out lying about the effectiveness or quality of a product. I’m not mentioning political content because that would be a whole other discussion. Health trends Please note I’m not bashing the brand or the
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I had an interesting DM on Instagram over the weekend. I had someone request I like 10 of their posts because they liked 10 of mine. I was a bit confused and even dumbfounded by this request. I’m all for supporting others but… I’m all for supporting other content creators but when you show up in my DM’s asking for
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With everyone using Social media these days you may be contacted by many folks. Every platform has messaging. Instagram has direct messaging. Well, I had an interesting DM today. I was added to a bulk message via Instagram. The thing is the person was sending out random DM’s offering a job. Job offers aren’t anything new but this offer didn’t
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Last week I had a brand reach out to me on social media. They asked if I would test and review a product. It was a basic we’ll give you a free product in exchange for your Amazon review.
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I thought I’d share a few tips on how to spot fake profiles or accounts on social media. There are so many fake profiles or scammer accounts out there that some do look legitimately real. But there are a few things you can check to see if the account or profile is real.
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It seems that Messenger is the latest platform to be used by scammers and sex workers. Granted this probably isn’t anything new. But it’s the first time someone I know was messaged by a possible sex worker or scammer. I don’t know for certain if the person who contacted my friend is a sex worker but the way the conversation
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It seems some of these romance scams are going around again. Granted they are nothing new but at times some of these approaches are getting downright silly. I’ve had a few Direct messages via Twitter and I had to laugh.
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There seems to be a new or newer scam hitting social media. it tends to focus on the charitable side. Granted many scams on social media aren’t new but they do change or even evolve over time.
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As we know scams via social media aren’t new. But there appears to be one that is hitting YouTube. This new scam makes it look like you are being contacted by Youtube. Again these types of scams aren’t new but this one has many people fooled. I happened to learn about it over the weekend and figured I’d share it
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Well, it looks like there are more scams claiming to give you prizes or gifts from the clothing brand Shein going around social media. I was tagged on Instagram again in one of these scams twice this week.
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Okay I know I’ve shared about paying for social media verification in the past. But this time it’s different. Before we were dealing with third-party companies that claimed if you paid them X amount of money you’d get the verification from all the top social media platforms. Now it’s the social media platforms that are encouraging this type of activity.
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The new trend or should I say a growing trend on social media is User Generated Content (UGC). Granted this isn’t anything new but some brands are using this to their advantage. Some are even posting user-created content to their social media platforms or even on their websites without consulting the creators or crediting them.
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Social media always amuses me at one time or another. Recently I had a new comment on Instagram. That’s nothing new lately it’s been a few spam comments. I gave it a gander and what did I see? I see someone had commented on a post from 2019. The topic was Sugar Daddies. And guess what? The commenter claimed to
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I saw an interesting and a bit alarming thing when opening Instagram. I found that some stranger had created a random group chat and added me. Did I know who this person was? No, I didn’t.
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It’s 2023 and we are barely into our first week of the year. That being said Instagram direct messages never seem to disappoint. I had an interesting DM interaction recently that left me puzzled and suspicious. I had a feeling the chat would have progressed into a relationship scam before long. I’ll explain a bit more about that later.
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I thought I’d create a list of our social media profiles. Yes, they are linked on the site but this will be easy to access them all on one page. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lifewithpalblog/ Instagram: I have two accounts on Instagram our Life with pal account and my own business account. https://www.instagram.com/lwpblog/ https://www.instagram.com/nessa6297/ tik tok This is our newest account. I’m not
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This morning I saw a very interesting post on Instagram. It seems there is a new phishing, hacking, or scam going around Instagram. I can’t really pinpoint which it is but It’s definitely the first two. I was checking my account this morning and saw a post that someone shared in their stories. They shared that they had a suspected
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I’ve been using social media for years. It’s a way to keep in touch with loved ones or to keep up to date with things I like. I think most of us use social media. It doesn’t matter what platform you use there always seems to be some form of spam. I thought I’d share a few things I’ve come
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There is never a shortage of companies (i use that term loosely) that want to help you promote your business via Instagram. Most are simple repost accounts that share your photo and add a link to your profile. This is stated to give you “organic growth”. I had a person reach out to me recently to try to help promote
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This morning I happened to see an interesting post on Instagram. Someone thought that it was in poor taste for a blogger to ask followers for money. Now I don’t know the extent of the request nor do I feel it’s my place to judge that person. But that being said it got me thinking about the topic of money
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Many people who are in the influencer or content creator sector would love to be sent free PR boxes or test out sample products. But there is a right way to go about it. I’ve had a few people who have reached out to me in the past and they’ve gone about it the wrong way. I’ll share more about
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UPDATE 5/9.2022: since my creation of this video and previous blog post I’ve been contacted again by another profile with the same tactic. I recently was tagged by a random account sharing that I’d been selected as a winner of a new iPhone 13. Here’s the thing I never entered a giveaway and the profile was clearly fake. The photo
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All information shared in this post is public record and was found via an online search. Red Flag emoji source Being contacted by influencer marketing agencies isn’t something new for me. But I had a recent DM for a new company I hadn’t heard of before. Being that the DM was from a third-party account. It got me thinking. When
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All links provided were found via a Google search. Sources are listed near the link. I’ve noticed a rise in brands/companies direct messaging me via social media mainly on Instagram. This isn’t anything new but some of these requests can seem odd. Most ambassador requests have been direct messaged to me via someone claiming to be a brand recruiter or
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In the past, I’ve shared about social media marketing tactics and spam. Well, it seems there is a new way marketing sites are trying to get your money. You may be asking how? Well, I’ll tell you sites are charging to help you become verified on social media platforms. I will admit this isn’t a new practice but it seems
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I don’t know about anyone else but lately, I’ve been reporting fake or fraudulent Instagram accounts a lot lately. This got me thinking. This is affecting everyone from content creators to big brands. No one wants to be scammed or worse yet have their account suspended. Many have even had content stolen to create a cloned profile. Some fake or
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intro image source by Pixabay intro: 0:00 Dm styles: 1:00 What to do: 4:31 Final thoughts: 5:57 I’ve been having a number of third party request via social media lately. What I mean by third party requests are random profiles or accounts that send me messages asking me to follow, like, or direct me to a business/brand/ or other professional.
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Note: the Facebook page I share in the video has been removed. thumbnail image source pixabay.com intro: 0:00 What to look for 0:43 More tips/Final thoughts: 2:00 I just thought I’d bring this topic back up again. I had a freebie page send me a friend request. This raised a red flag since I know most freebie or large brand
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header image provided by Pixabay So as we know many people or brands like to hold giveaways. Well this isn’t anything new yet there have been some interesting things happen on social media lately. Especially on Instagram. I know people host giveaways to try to gain follower or even just to share something with their core follower group. Again that’s
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Remember when I mentioned I was threatened with a lawsuit a few weeks ago? If you don’t you can read the post here. Well it looks like I was right all along. The website that harrassed to threaten me is now down. I’ve been monitoring their progress since this whole thing started. Now that the sites not available I’ll share
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header image provided by Pixabay Okay, I recently shared about third party follow requests. Well, guess what? They just keep on coming. I had three within a two-hour span today for a brand seeking brand ambassadors. Again you’d think the brand would reach out to people not have some blank or promoter account do it.
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header image provided by Pixabay I don’t know about anyone else but boy have i been having numerous spam DM’s lately via Instagram. Thankfully the sugar daddies have stopped for the time being. (I’ll probably jinx myself now watch.) Most are standard spam DM’s asking me to check out X profile to grow my Instagram following or sellers trying to
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header image provided by Pixabay I shared a blog post two months back about a social media marketing company. Well said company was upset with me and my post. Last Friday I was sent a simple email demanding that my post be removed from my website. They also threatened to sue me if it wasn’t removed within 24 hours.
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header image provided by Pixabay If your like me and use your devices throughout the day you may want to try Dark Mode. Dark mode dims or darkens your app or desktop background. I thought I’d share a few ways you can activate it via social media. I’ve read a few post stating Dark Mode may help save battery life.
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header image provided by Pexels I thought I’d share how to ban or remove a user from a Facebook page. I don’t make a habit of it but it is useful info. I had a Facebook account follow my blog’s page and I wasn’t sure if it was a person or a bot. So I blocked them. Well little did
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header image provided by Pixabay So as you all know I’ve shared about random messengers in the past. Today was no different. I had some long winded good morning message pop up via Instagram Direct Message this morning. I ignored it but replied later just to see what the person wanted. well here are a few screenshots of how that
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header image provided by Pixabay This thought struck me recently. I’ve dealt with a number of random messengers over the last few years. Yes I know I shouldn’t talk to strangers even via social media but at times I just want to know what they want. I came up with a few tips that may stop a random conversation. Some
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header image provided by Pixabay Okay this isn’t a new topic but I’ve noticed a rise of profiles looking for love via social media platforms recently. Of course I’m the lucky one who gets the profile of someone claiming to be a pilot who’s middle aged but has photos of a guy who looks like he’s a 30 something. Yeah
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header image provided by Pixabay In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that I’ve had a few people request follow backs or the (dreaded) follow for a follow. Again i understand everyone hopes to boost their social media presence and appeal. Yet I’ve noticed something else as well. I’ve noticed a few repeat followers.
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header image provided by Pixabay Okay I admit I like when people comment on my content. Who doesn’t right? It shows that someone sees what your doing and likes it. Well this may not always be the case. I think we’ve all come across the spammer who is asking for repeated follows or suggests the dreaded Follow for a Follow
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So i shared about this topic earlier this month. You can see the original post by visiting the link provided. I can say this much social media never ceases to amaze me.
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header image provided by Pixabay Having random direct messages via social media isn’t a new topic. I’ve shared my a few posts in the past about this. But this weekend I had a new twist on the money request direct messages. I can see espcially now during this time of COVID-19 that people would reach out to others trying to
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header image provided by Pixabay I had an interesting email early this morning. I tend to have a lot of marketing advertisements that are sent to my blog email account. Most are just spam or sites offering services to purchase followers along with their own “organic growth” tips or tools. Today’s email wasn’t any different. But I thought I’d pass
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intro image source pixabay.com I’ve noticed lately that it doesn’t matter what social platform you use there is always someone who has to find a reason to be right. It doesn’t matter, To be honest, I’ve noticed it more via Facebook groups. It seems like grown adults lose their minds when it comes to discussion groups. Feel free to share
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header image provided by Pixabay I’ve been seeing a lot of spam and scam posts via Facebook groups lately. Well since I’m nosy i tend to look up the pages people share to see what they are about. I’ve noticed one page popping up a few times in a few Facebook groups. I like everyone else like giveaways but I
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header image provided by Pixabay I think many of us who use social media tend to think our profile growth may be slow or maybe your not having any growth at all. Like with most social sites they are ever-changing. Maybe you have a small blog (like me) or you’re a business. Even if you’re a content creator you still
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So this isn’t a new topic but since it’s Valentine’s Day week i figured this topic was a good vlog post. I’ve noticed that random messaging via social media apps is happening again. I like how random people think that by telling you they love you sight unseen you will fall for them.
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intro image source https://www.pexels.com/ I just thought I’d share some thoughts on the topic and see what you all have to say about it as well. For those of you who weren’t aware of the topic, you can check out the article below. Instagram was going to begin testing a hiding likes feature for certain users on 11/11/19. https://www.wired.com/story/instagram… Do
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header image provided by Pexels For those of you who haven’t heard Instagram is testing out a new test feature (if we can call it that). They will be hiding likes. Or better yet the likes will still be there but only visible to you. You can read a bit more about this by visiting the NPR link I found.
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header image source Pixabay I’ve had IGTV for a few months now I use it periodically and like how easy it is to upload a video fairly quickly (depends on your internet speed). I also like that IGTV allows you to upload a video over a minute long too. So that’s a plus for people who want to share their
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thumbnail image from Pixababy https://pixabay.com/vectors/comments-…I have been having some funny and odd social media comments lately. I thought I’d share a few of them with you all. Many of these comments I think are autogenerated. Some have nothing to do with the content I share at all. They are praised for something as simple as sharing a photo i took
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As you all know for some strange reason my Instagram account is very active for random messages. Today I had a new one that I had to share. It seems these profiles are trying to direct message people under the guise of being someone famous. Granted at times it’s obvious that they aren’t who they claim to be but I
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I know this is a running topic on my blog but honestly social media never ceases to amaze me. I’ve encountered some very strange and at times downright dumbfounding profiles in the past. If you follow my youtube channel you’ve probably seen me vlog about some of the odd things I’ve dealt with too. Here’s a blog post and here’s
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A vlog post sharing some things I’ve been sent via social media messaging. I got to thinking recently thanks to a post from my friend Heather via Facebook. She called out someone who sent her a photo of themselves. It was obvious the person didn’t get the hint that she wasn’t interested. I figured this also made a great talking
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intro image provided by Pexels https://www.pexels.com/ Gif used provided by Giphy https://media.giphy.com/media/HUkOv6B… A vlog post sharing about what happens when social media crashes. On March 13th, 2019 Facebook and Instagram had issues for a majority of the day. Many people couldn’t post or share content. This, in turn, made me realize how obsessed we are with social media to some
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header image source Pexels Well it’s a Wednesday (3/13) and I had a lot of things i wanted to post via social media today. But it seems that Instagram and Facebook both have gone down. I will admit I didn’t notice the issue until nearly 10 a.m. I figured it was a glitch that would be cleared up soon.
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intro: Image by geralt on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/illustrations/net… A quick vlog post sharing my thoughts on the Follow for a Follow social media trend that’s happening lately. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic in the comments below. Do you like F4F? Do you hate it?
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intro image provided by https://www.pexels.com/photo/apps-bus…https://www.pexels.com/search/social%… a vlog post sharing about a recent social media request i encountered. I’m all for helping people share their content or have new followers but please explain yourselves a bit. Just don’t leave a few word sentence with a link.
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This happened earlier this week. i figured I’d share it with all of you.Â
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Social Media Romeo’s : The laughs keep coming I know this has become a running topic for me but in a way, I find it entertaining. Random messengers or Social Media Romeo’s as I like to call them are an interesting topic. I’ve also noticed that it has picked up more now that summer is upon us. I’ve seen an uptick in
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I know this has become a running topic for me but in a way, I find it entertaining. Random messengers or Social Media Romeo’s as I like to call them are an interesting topic. I’ve also noticed that it has picked up more now that summer is upon us. I’ve seen an uptick in random messengers but again this is nothing
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Social Media : Are We Becoming More Isolated? I find it interesting how social media has made us become anti-social. It seems like everywhere you turn people are too busy with their noses in a screen as opposed to interacting with others. I think we can all admit we have some form or addiction to our tech. I know I do.
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I find it interesting how social media has made us become anti-social. It seems like everywhere you turn people are too busy with their noses in a screen as opposed to interacting with others. I think we can all admit we have some form or addiction to our tech. I know I do. I have caught myself scrolling endlessly through
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The Internet: Where Are Our Manners? In today’s digital age it seems like we have become so obsessed with gaining likes or shares or even followers. I’ve noticed this more and more. It seems like everyone is becoming so concentrated on their online persona that they don’t keep sight of the real world. I’m talking more about just trying to be
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In today’s digital age it seems like we have become so obsessed with gaining likes or shares or even followers. I’ve noticed this more and more. It seems like everyone is becoming so concentrated on their online persona that they don’t keep sight of the real world. I’m talking more about just trying to be more courteous when being online.
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Social Media Followers: To buy or not to buy? In this tech central day and age, there seem to be ways to expand your reach at every turn. You can join sites that help repost your content, schedule your content or even boost your content in some way. This is all fine and dandy but when your new to the social media
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