# My new Facebook fan **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 7, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731 "2023-09-07T12:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/21 "2023-09-07T16:30:56Z")
“She” will flirt with you, send you naughty pics of "her"self and ask for pics of you. Then she need money and threaten to send your naughty pictures to your family and your work unless you pay her. Sorry, it’s an industry like the other internet scans. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/22 "2023-09-07T16:35:55Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > What does it all mean? Should I be worried about anything in particular? It means your profile is public. I’d lock that down, if I were you. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/23 "2023-09-07T16:50:49Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > In Russia, stripper names _you._ “Would you like table dance, Comrade Pervert Sugardadikov?” ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/24 "2023-09-07T16:54:15Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > It means your profile is public. I’d lock that down, if I were you. Not neccesarily. He may have picked one of those “people you may know” choices that Facebook constantly throws up at you. Then he may have clicked on something in thier profile, like more pictures of her. And then they got that he was a possible target. I beleive that once you click on one of those people you may know choices, that Facebook starts adding you to their people they may know list. I also think that if you start trolling someone you may know Facebook page to see what they are posting (without being a friend) it adds you to their list of people they may know. That way they may get a hint that someone is stalking them, someone they haven’t associated with in a long time. In short, Facebook is evil. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/25 "2023-09-07T17:43:43Z")
> [@Mikkel](#): > > “She” will flirt with you, send you naughty pics of "her"self and ask for pics of you. Then she need money and threaten to send your naughty pictures to your family and your work unless you pay her. Some number or years ago I had _just_ started dating a girl. I sent her a picture of an elephant head; the lower abdomen, from one side to the other, was the forehead & ears of an elephant. Let’s just say that the that was the _entirety_ of the elephant’s head (owww!) I can assure you, if I lift up my shirt you’ll only see my skin, no ink. Sadly, I tried searching for it on the intertubez again after telling someone that story but was unable to find it again because I would _love_ to ‘fall’ for one of those scams with that photo. I can’t imagine sending noods, or money to come visit me, to my new ‘gf’ that I had yet to meet in real life, yet I’ve heard that people fall for these scams somewhat regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/26 "2023-09-07T17:45:21Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Not neccesarily. He may have picked one of those “people you may know” choices that Facebook constantly throws up at you. Then he may have clicked on something in thier profile, like more pictures of her. And then they got that he was a possible target. But that doesn’t give that person free access to your own locked-down private page to troll through your pictures and like them, does it? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/27 "2023-09-07T17:54:02Z")
I just reviewed what people can view on my Facebook account, the ones she replied to were prior to when I changed my settings to private back in 2020 and the only public post I made a few months ago. Looks like a loophole to me, as Facebook should be able to handle this. But then again, Facebook is evil. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/28 "2023-09-07T18:01:39Z")
Scambook is bad bad bad. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/29 "2023-09-07T18:33:32Z")
I think your “stripper name” is the same as your “porn star name” - Your first pet, and the street where you grew up. Sincerely Yours, Skip Reynolds. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/30 "2023-09-07T18:48:13Z")
> [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](#): > > Robot Arm… > You have made my morning! Thank you! You’ve made my whole day. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/31 "2023-09-07T19:30:21Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Your first pet, and the street where you grew up. My career as Minnie Walleye doesn’t look bright. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/32 "2023-09-07T19:47:27Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > I just reviewed what people can view on my Facebook account, the ones she replied to were prior to when I changed my settings to private back in 2020 and the only public post I made a few months ago. Looks like a loophole to me, as Facebook should be able to handle this. I remember Facebook giving an option at some point to allow you to change the privacy settings for all past posts. I’d google for it to see if there’s an easy way to do it now. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/33 "2023-09-07T19:58:41Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > My career as Minnie Walleye doesn’t look bright. Maybe we could team up. Princess Bright Eyes Weiner ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/34 "2023-09-07T20:18:26Z")
Whereas I could probably set up an OnlyFans account solely on the strength of my porn name. Regards, Molly Elmcrest ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/35 "2023-09-07T20:21:36Z")
“Fluffy 112th” doesn’t seem very promising. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/36 "2023-09-07T20:56:52Z")
I recently acquired a Twitter follower, a young woman whose bio identified her as a high-ranking executive of an international investment firm, based in Germany, although from her photo I would have guessed “dominatrix”. I was mildly tempted to contact her to see if she could, um, manage my portfolio. But alas, her pro-RFK Jr. tweets indicated a fundamental incompatibility. 😧 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/37 "2023-09-07T21:29:46Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I think your “stripper name” is the same as your “porn star name” - Your first pet, and the street where you grew up. > > Sincerely Yours, Skip Reynolds. My “stripper name” sounds like a CPA: Carla Vinton. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/38 "2023-09-07T21:51:53Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > …although from her photo I would have guessed “dominatrix”. Could just be a fashion statement. You did say Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/39 "2023-09-07T21:54:53Z")
I’m very rarely on Facebook anymore, but I occasionally get a similar “fan” on Strava. Which weird, since Strava isn’t really a social media site, _a la_ Facebook or Twitter or Instagram. It’s a site for runners, swimmer, and bikers to post their workouts - shows routes, splits, terrain, that sort of thing. I mean, you _can_ comment on other people’s posts, but most people don’t - they only give each other “kudos”, which is Stravese for “like”. Nevertheless, I’ll occasionally get a message that some hardbodied 20-something in Estonia or South Africa is now following me. Usually when I go to her profile, she’s got no activities but is following a bunch of people, although I have also gotten follows from active runners, and even unknown men. I would assume a honeypot scam, save that none of them ever attempt to do more to my profile than follow it and give me the occasional kudo on a run. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731/40 "2023-09-07T22:24:21Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Fluffy 112th Cat State Highway 22 is even less catchy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731.md?page=3)