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No, Instagram Isn’t Deleting Accounts. It Was Just a Technical Issue

No, Instagram Isn’t Deleting Accounts. It Was Just a Technical Issue

By Josh Wolford May 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

No, Instagram isn’t going to delete your account. Keep filtering and carry on. Thursday night, Instagram has some technical issues that caused some people to be locked out of their accounts. Rumors swirled that Instagram was deleting accounts – possibly …

Facebook Scam Poses as Message from 'Zurckerberg' Facebook Scam Poses as Message from 'Zurckerberg'
By · March 4, 2013 · 2 Comments

Facebook CEO Mark Zurckerberg is not sending out privacy notices, requesting that users verify their accounts. That’s because no such messages would ever come from the Facebook CEO. There’s also that pesky little detail that the CEO of Facebook is …

Social Media
No, There Is Certainly No Facebook Jail No, There Is Certainly No Facebook Jail
By · February 18, 2013 · 5 Comments

Don’t worry, there is no Facebook Jail – although the concept is intriguing. An old viral hoax involving account suspensions and friend requests has morphed to suggest that sending too many requests could land you in this hellish place. The …

Social Media
Taylor Swift Sex Tape Facebook Hoax Makes The Rounds Taylor Swift Sex Tape Facebook Hoax Makes The Rounds
By · February 7, 2013 · 1 Comment

Although it may be tempting, you should avoid clicking any links on Facebook claiming to house a leaked sex tape featuring Grammy award-winning artist Taylor Swift. That’s because it’s a hoax that will lead you down the annoying road of …

Life
Another Day, Another Stupid Facebook Hoax Another Day, Another Stupid Facebook Hoax
By · January 4, 2013 · 4 Comments

It’s disconcerting that it bears repeating, but here goes: Facebook is never going to donate to some cause based on how many times you share a status. End of story. But that simple fact still floats over the heads of …

Social Media
Facebook Does Some Fact Checking Facebook Does Some Fact Checking
By · November 27, 2012 · 1 Comment

As previously reported, there has been a viral status going around on Facebook promising to protect your privacy by guaranteeing your right to copyright what you publish on the site. In case it was not obvious enough, Facebook has officially …

Social Media
Mars Hoax Day Lives On In The Year Of Curiosity Mars Hoax Day Lives On In The Year Of Curiosity
By · August 27, 2012 · 1 Comment

Today, August 27, has come to be known in some circles as Mars Hoax Day, and with the Mars Curiosity rover in action, there’s plenty of room for hoax. The hoax, however, comes from well before Curiosity’s time. It originated …

Science
Noteworthy Videos
Vanilla Ice Dead According To Facebook Hoax Vanilla Ice Dead According To Facebook Hoax
By · June 18, 2012 · 1 Comment

Get outta here. Word to your mother. The latest celeb to meet the icy hand of death on social media is 44-year-old Rob Van Winkle – you may know him as Vanilla Ice. According to the reports, the rapper, actor, …

Life
Eddie Murphy is The Next Twitter Victim Eddie Murphy is The Next Twitter Victim
By · February 3, 2012 · 7 Comments

After Solja “Superman that ho” Boy’s death, or rumors thereof, spread like wildfire over Twitter, a hoax using the social media platform was blamed. However, what I’m now referring to as “The Twitter Murderer” has struck again. This time, his …

Social Media
In The Newsletter
Twitter Killed Fidel Castro Last Night Twitter Killed Fidel Castro Last Night
By · January 3, 2012

This year is shaping up to be a stellar year for Twitter hoaxes. The latest addition happened last night when Fidel Castro became a trending topic on Twitter as reports of his death reverberated across the social media site. There …

Facebook Changes: Charging You Is Not One Of Them Facebook Changes: Charging You Is Not One Of Them
By · September 26, 2011 · 6

The idea that Facebook is going to implement a pay-structure and begin charging current members for use of the service is a bit of misinformation that has been going around for years. The rumors have spread in various ways across …

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