Facebook photo tags and viruses, spam and all that trash.

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I was sent an article this morning and asked to write one of my own regarding my experiences with Facebook photo tags. Did you know that you can report a photo that you've been tagged in, and report the user who's album you've been tagged in? You can report it for being a fake profile. I never knew about this, I've only removed the tag and blocked the user if need be. I'm sure we've all been hit with tags on photos, from things we've never even seen. It's annoying but you can do something about it now. Viruses are an issue as well. There's a link to 18 apps that can give you viruses, as well as have you banned from some apps if you happen to use them. Search Goji Grandma, I think it is for this list. Search it on Facebook though. I'm not going to post the article links, you can search for them yourself, but you should read them. Google search Mashedreport for the most current article, it's dated August 9th, so this has been an issue for a long time now. Today I've blocked potential "friends" from even sending requests, I was shocked when I saw the photos on the accounts. If you go and report the profiles, you will find the option to report nude photos, and that's exactly what some of these were. Others were clearly photoshopped photos, not real people when you looked at them closely. So I reported fake profiles. I never imagined when I joined Facebook that there would be spam and virus issues. You would have thought that social networking would be fairly safe. But it certainly hasn't been. I even know of a predator who was on Facebook. He's sitting in prison right now, but sadly, with the lack of court paperwork available, he will not have his account removed. There is simply no way to access this information due to the privacy laws in place. Because the incident took place around a couple of minors, this information cannot be released whatsoever, and I have no means to get it to report it. So this guy, when he gets out, if he's allowed any internet access, could be back at it again. It seems to me that Facebook can't keep up with the changing times. Viruses surface from apps all the time, and they can't seem to get rid of them. So we suffer with them. Make sure you have a good, reliable anti virus program on your computer. Don't get caught without one, as you never know where these viruses will be coming from. Photo tags are usually put on users who have hundreds of friends, it's free advertising for a spammer. These tricksters always seem to find a way to undermine authority, find a way to get away with spamming. If you don't do anything to prevent it, then it will just keep coming. If you see warnings posted on your friends status messages, don't ignore them. They are important and will prevent a lot of trouble if you actually pay attention to them. Better safe than sorry, especially when it comes to social networking.