# Accidental FB links: Ever done it? Need bogus explination fast!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-fb-links-ever-done-it-need-bogus-explination-fast/589323>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 17, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-fb-links-ever-done-it-need-bogus-explination-fast/589323 "2011-07-17T05:05:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-fb-links-ever-done-it-need-bogus-explination-fast/589323/1 "2011-07-17T05:05:48Z")

</div>

So you know those websites that have the “like” or “follow” button featured somewhere prominent? Ever click one of those by mistake when looking at something you don’t need to advertise to the entire universe, with less than ideal results?

How did you explain it away?

Need answer fast! 😃

BTW “left my computer on, forgot to log out, someone else did it” excuse doesn’t work.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-fb-links-ever-done-it-need-bogus-explination-fast/589323/2 "2011-07-17T05:55:48Z")

</div>

You couldn’t just delete it and hope nobody saw it in the few nanoseconds it was up?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-fb-links-ever-done-it-need-bogus-explination-fast/589323/3 "2011-07-17T07:21:27Z")

</div>

I never use them. Do you mean they don’t at least offer you a confirm box? Nice.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-fb-links-ever-done-it-need-bogus-explination-fast/589323/4 "2011-07-17T08:02:20Z")

</div>

You mean the “I don’t like this anymore”\* feature doesn’t work with (certain) links? Bugger indeed.

\*My FB interface is in French, so I’m not sure what this feature is “officially” called in English: after you click “Like” (“J’aime”), the “Like” button changes into one that says “I don’t like this anymore” (“Je n’aime plus”), that you click when you “don’t like” something anymore.