# Facebook mini-rant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 21, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726 "2021-11-21T17:21:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726/21 "2021-11-27T17:55:28Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> It’s a way to help identify you to others in the case of account spoofing,

Every time my aunt’s account gets spoofed, they simply copy her profile picture.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726/22 "2021-11-27T18:07:49Z")

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> [@Cervaise](#):
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> (I got regular messages from friends asking why my pic never loaded.)

I’ve always loved posters with “image loading” or a broken pic icon. Try one of those…

[https://www.zazzle.com/this\_image\_is\_no\_longer\_available\_poster-228821660335548899](https://www.zazzle.com/this_image_is_no_longer_available_poster-228821660335548899)

[![](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcRl3MP1J3QvDzgE9sK_OUp7CGztLEEvi9sEArWth9tVq0IwMuW-4GTJhqBuKZNMRnuXiGTocFcslRVTNR_UN7iJ7GkwDmYYjiCTYQfzkfNy&usqp=CAY) ](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcRl3MP1J3QvDzgE9sK_OUp7CGztLEEvi9sEArWth9tVq0IwMuW-4GTJhqBuKZNMRnuXiGTocFcslRVTNR_UN7iJ7GkwDmYYjiCTYQfzkfNy&usqp=CAY)

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726/23 "2021-11-27T19:53:54Z")

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I have a (very) vague recollection of once using as an avatar image a text block that said something like “This image has been deemed unfit for public viewing”.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726/24 "2021-12-03T21:47:47Z")

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I saw an ad on YouTube earlier today. It featured a young woman being asked what she would tell her younger self if she could send a message back. She said she would tell herself to be true to who she really is and not worry about what other people are thinking.

The ad was from Facebook… I mean Meta.

Apparently the irony escaped them.

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