Being a Bit More Careful

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Click bait, according to an online definition is: “something (such as a headline) designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink especially when the link leads to content of dubious value or interest.” While I don’t think this is the case, I do find it very suspicious.

Have you noticed this in your blog notifications lately? There will be a “like” from someone I don’t know. They almost always have a real person’s name. Now, in the past, if someone liked a post, I would go to their site to see if it might be one I’d want to follow. That is, until recently.

Just today a post from a few days ago got “likes” from people I didn’t know. However, if you look closely at them, you’ll notice something odd:

“Tony,” “Madelyn,” and “mary” all have this “amzn.to” link attached to their “page.” There have been plenty more people with this same type of link. A few weeks ago, I clicked on a person’s picture and saw the “amzn.to” link pop up in the browser and I exited quickly. I never did see where the link went.

Has anyone else noticed this? I find this kind of stuff SO very annoying!

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I'm just a guy who likes the classics. I love Old Time Radio Shows. I love Classic TV. I love Classic Movies. I love songs from the "Great American Songbook". I dig songs from the first decade of Rock and Roll. Don't get me wrong, I am not opposed to newer things. My musical taste ranges from Classical to Classic Rock and Country to Rap. I love a good book and am always looking for something to read. I tend to lean toward historical fiction, biographies, mysteries, and more. I have always believed that our past (and the things we've experienced in it) make us who we are today. That being said, after reading through some old My Space blogs (yeah, that's about how long it's been since I blogged regularly), I decided that I should once again write. Welcome to my blog. I hope you find it interesting, thought provoking, and entertaining in some way. CONTACT ME AT - nostalgicitalian@yahoo.com

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  4. I haven’t seen this particular one, but on our Once Upon a Time in The 70s blog, we get a ‘Like’ that seems ti renew itself from what looks to be a DIY blog / website … but only one particular post. Also on my Ceeteejackson blog, I have a post about me giving on chocolate and sweets … and again, there are repeated ‘likes’ that appear in my Inbox quite frequently from a few Diet / Slimming businesses.
    I’m puzzled. 🙂

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  6. I haven’t had a LOt of that but that Mary Yang you illustrated in that screenshot of yours did give me a ‘like’ too. Kind of like you, if I see a ‘like’ from some brand new name, I usually see if they are listed as having a blog and at times might click on one or two of their posts to see what they’re about, but not everyone has one listed. What is a .to extension, any ideas?
    On a similar but different topic – how about Temu? All of a sudden I’m inundated with ads for it on my phone, and I’m hearing bad things about them being a Chinese company installing malware through it. To me, I right away thought ‘something’s up with them’. No one gives you a camera drone for just signing up or has high-end looking running shoes for $2 etc, so I stayed away.

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    1. No idea about the .to extension, Dave. That’s a good question.

      As far as Temu, yes, they are everywhere! I see the ads on Facebook, and other sites. I thought the same thing. I avoided it completely.

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