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Are Tagged Photos on Facebook a New Source of Marketing Spam?

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My answer to this headline was a quick yes and I have been “victim” of this. Check this post from ReadWriteWeb.com. Has this happened to you? You receive a message on Facebook that you’ve been tagged in a photo, but when you go to look at the photo you discover that it wasn’t you at all, but some sort of product, service, or cause that a marketer is trying to promote. According to news from AdAge, this is the latest in guerrilla marketing efforts making its way through Facebook right now. It’s so slimy, we hesitate to even mention it here, lest we give anyone ideas. More

So, how does this work? Basically, a marketer looking to promote something tags a photo with several of their most influential friends’ names. Those “friends” aren’t necessarily supporting the given cause, they’ve just had their name hijacked for this purpose. That tagged photo ends up in the news feeds of the friends of those influentials as if it was a photo of them. After people click through to view it, they discover that it’s not actually a picture of their friend at all, but a message in support of some cause, product, or service. More

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