Sometimes I think that the rate of growth of spam applications on facebook is steadily losing out to the rate of growth of numb-skulls falling for it.
Humans have been designed to adapt, to learn from experience. The first neanderthal man who introduced his fingers inside a burning flame, must not have needed a second chance to learn the essential lesson. And those were neanderthals. They usually just smacked each other on the head to kill time. And here we are – youth of the 21st century, at the brink of a major technology revolution – repetitively falling for the same spam applications on facebook.
But why do people keep falling for it? Ah! They play with our brains! Lets have a look at the specific type of people who fall for such applications.
1. “Who will be your valentine?” = Teenagers who are single or in complicated relationships, and people who have nothing better to do.
2. “Who viewed your profile?” = Absolute loners, and people who have nothing better to do.
3. “Facebook will be deactivated. Authenticate your profile” = Dumb people, Gullible people, and people who have nothing better to do.
4. “Paste this code to see something Amazing!” = Dumb people again, Bored people, and people who have nothing better to do.
5. “Free 1000 iPhone giveaway!” = Dumb people who think they’re clever, and people who have nothing better to do.
Gotta go grab some sleep now. Will continue in the next post.