Posting a status message like the one above doesn’t harden your defences or share any truly useful information. The warning message is correct in so much as there are many rogue applications spreading across the Facebook platform, which can post scam messages under your name.īut to suggest that you won’t get into any trouble with your friends if you post the above message isn’t really any protection at all. Many Facebook users have reposted the message in the last 24 hours. DONT GO TO THE SITE! Re-post this!!! Hackers are at it again! Most come from a post saying xx answered a question about you. If you don't want to get in trouble with your friends, copy paste this message! And if you receive a nasty message from ME, rest assured I'm NOT the one who sent it. HEADS UP FB friends, Some applications are sending not too nice messages under YOUR identity. And remember, says Sue, 'These trends often pass quite quickly.A new chain letter is spreading across Facebook, posted by users in an apparent attempt to warn others about rogue applications. If it's really stressing you out, 'come off that form of media for a few days and use another'. ‘Or you can join in with the sentiment but not the donation and say "Oh that's great, I really care about what they do and I'll support them another way thanks". That way there's no pressure about how much to give. I'll maybe join in next time." If you'd prefer to make an online donation to a charity then tell them you've done that instead. ‘If you don't want to do it, try and be light hearted and say so, like, "That's not my thing but thanks for including me. We asked psychologist Sue Firth for some advice on what to do if you find yourself in a tricky position. As always with social media, not everything is black and white. So, while for some of us these insta posts may be great entertainment, motivation and a perfect excuse to donate to charity for others, they may not be so fun. It’s all well and good sharing nice initiatives but don’t name and future shame people.’ ![]() I did it because I felt pressured and bad, but I chose not to nominate anyone else and pass that feeling on. One person told me: ‘I got tagged in one about buying people meals. The fact, as many of us know, is that plenty of us are juggling at lot at the moment – and many of us are juggling not very much at all, and finding that equally tough. Because everyone knows where you are most evenings - and thinks they also know you've got time to do whatever you've been asked to. Sure, maybe that’s being oversensitive… but between posting all these challenges aren’t we also all talking a lot on social media about how there’s never been more of a time to feel, justifiably, a bit oversensitive about whatever we want? We’ve also been talking about the right to remain decidedly unproductive… for some people, having the nagging feeling that you have to do something like this could just add to the admin they’re already struggling with – like balancing family, children, work, Zoom calls, checking in on friends and having your own little daily existential panics.Īnd the problem, of course - as with those Zoom calls - is that there's never been a worse time to pretend that you're too busy to do something. As another friend (who was asked to down a pint, run a 5k and name her favourite albums) said, ‘What can they do? I’m already in hell, aren’t I?’īut, can we also, maybe quietly, say that sometimes they might not make everyone feel amazing… and that sometimes you might not want to do them? And that that’s OK? I mean, what would they threaten you with I guess. ![]() Not like back in the 90s when you’d never get to kiss a boy if you didn’t write painfully crafted and colourfully adorned letters to the three girls you met in a holiday park two years ago. And, that – to their credit – most of the challenges never promise a plague on your houses if you don’t come through with the goods. So can I please state here for the record that OF COURSE, I am fully behind any efforts that raise funds for much-needed charities at the moment. For the more recent Challenge Acceptedone, the idea is female empowerment and lifting other women up. In some cases, the challenge is about raising money for different charities, for that 5k one, it was in aid of the NHS. You know what they are… It’s where someone does a challenge and then tags more people asking them to also do the challenge. What shall we call them? Tag Challenges? Insta Chains? Chain Stories? But, of course, because 2020, on Instagram. With the arrival of ' Challenge Accepted' the chain letter is back again. ![]() Have you been tagged yet? I’ve not – yet… or, as a friend put it this morning, ‘No one’s dared tag me yet.’
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