# Facebook: "Like This Picture, Write '37', Wait 10 Seconds and See What Happens"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615 "2012-10-13T13:23:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615/1 "2012-10-13T13:23:34Z")

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My FB feed is filled with stuff like this. My “SCAM!!!” detector is pinging when I see these things. I’m reminded of the week or so ago when my FB feed was filled with “Click here to see what happened to this hot 18 year old when her daddy caught her masturbating” spam.

Or are these little send-ups actually just harmless fun things to do?

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615/2 "2012-10-13T13:42:12Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> I’m reminded of the week or so ago

Should be: I’m reminded of the week or so, many years ago, when…

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**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615/3 "2012-10-14T20:15:13Z")

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You just have gullible friends. These things don’t ever do anything.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615/4 "2012-10-14T22:24:16Z")

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Yeah, it’s just viral idiocy.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615/5 "2012-10-15T05:12:32Z")

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There was a thread on this exact topic only 1 day ago?

[“Look at this picture 10 seconds then type ‘club’ - mind blown” - what happens?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=668419)

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615/6 "2012-10-15T06:32:57Z")

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I don’t have a Facebook account, so somebody will have to tell me what happened to that hot 18-year-old. I hope she’s okay!

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-like-this-picture-write-37-wait-10-seconds-and-see-what-happens/637615/7 "2012-10-15T12:26:36Z")

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> [@Manduck](#):
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> I don’t have a Facebook account, so somebody will have to tell me what happened to that hot 18-year-old. I hope she’s okay!

You don’t get to find out. That’s the beauty of it— you just click the link, which installs malicious code on your computer, which causes the same link to be all over your FB feed, hoping other schmucks will click it.

Not that I’d know from experience. 🆒