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Google tricked stupid Facebook users! Hilarious.
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hah, people probably got confused because the site uses Facebook Connect.
Really, I wish you need to be licensed to use the internet.
Really, I wish you need to be licensed to use the internet.
Fox Mulder
Member
BuddhaRockstar said:
pretty much...some people are too goddamn fucking stupid for their own good.
I've seen friends I graduated college with have 8 different browser toolbars installed, or 800 desktop icons with no concern for needing to find anything.
my sister's boyfriend holds a grudge against Microsoft after his xbox live account was stolen, even though he's the one that entered his password info to a site he pulled up through google. He never called them once, and failed to realize, or care, that his debit card was tied to the account. I mentioned it to him while he was playing Halo 3 under a new account, which was weeks later at that point. Oh well, it wasn't my money.
FromTheFuture
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Someone needs to explain this to me. Did they fix it? Cause a Google search for 'Facebook login' takes you to Facebook.
Also, people are stupid. When people say that new generations are supposed to be better with technology, I tell them no. Almost everyone is still an idiot.
Also, people are stupid. When people say that new generations are supposed to be better with technology, I tell them no. Almost everyone is still an idiot.
FromTheFuture
Member
As in people are dumber than I originally thought? Google hasn't tricked anyone. People are just incredibly stupid. It's clearly a different section, the website searches doesn't start until after the News indented section.thespot84 said:
/facepalm
J. M. Romeo
Banned
All of these dudes in the comments have to be people like us trolling and fucking around Yahoo answers-style, right?
FleckSplat
Member
Fersis said:
Fersis, you're on there.
CrayzeeCarl
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smhComment #958 said:
Comment #963 said:I JUST WANT MY KIDS BACK
Posted by: Pat Gillen| February 12, 2010 10:59 AM
Fenderputty
Banned
Xater said:
I don't even do that. I type in "ne" into my browser window and get here. These people probably only have to type "F" into their browser window to get to where they want to go.
stuminus3
Banned
So, so hilarious yet so, so sad.
I can vouch for people actually being this stupid. We've had calls to tech support from some of our remote branches because they can't get to the login page for our company OWA page... 9/10 times it's because they're entering the URL in a Google search bar.
It blows my mind, but it's kind of comforting to know that even with all that technology out there now, there's still a need for a guy who knows the basics.
I can vouch for people actually being this stupid. We've had calls to tech support from some of our remote branches because they can't get to the login page for our company OWA page... 9/10 times it's because they're entering the URL in a Google search bar.
It blows my mind, but it's kind of comforting to know that even with all that technology out there now, there's still a need for a guy who knows the basics.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Now all we need to make is a fake facebook website which should have the first hit when entering "facebook login" and the username/password they enter redirects them to facebook.com with a "wrong username/password. please enter again" message since they don't read the URL.
Fucking jackpot!
Fucking jackpot!
OrangeGrayBlue
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I can't help but think that there must be at least a handful of people who were even dumber than the majority, and couldn't figure out how to comment either.
I shudder to think of what they would have said if they could.
I shudder to think of what they would have said if they could.
jetsetfluken
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Facebook users (or should I call them "internet casuals") are seemingly more like sheep as time goes on. The other week I heard about this group called "Free Facebook Gold accounts!" and refreshed every 5 seconds or so and the group member count would go up by about 400 each time.
Phaethon0017
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Dear sweet merciful lord :lol :lol
Schmattakopf
Member
Honestly needs to be a way to turn off all the unnecessary links.Willy105 said:
Holy shit in a chapel, Batman.
THIS is why Nigeria does what it does. THIS RIGHT HERE. These people are free moneybags. Holy motherfucker of god. If I were a bit more unscrupulous I'd be in on this so hard I'd have a priapism full of Googleable phishing pages because chances are they use the same password for EVERYTHING online.
Look at all that opportunity! Who needs social engineering? This is the motherlo... Okay that's enough.
Man.
THIS is why Nigeria does what it does. THIS RIGHT HERE. These people are free moneybags. Holy motherfucker of god. If I were a bit more unscrupulous I'd be in on this so hard I'd have a priapism full of Googleable phishing pages because chances are they use the same password for EVERYTHING online.
Look at all that opportunity! Who needs social engineering? This is the motherlo... Okay that's enough.
Man.
"I had about 65% learned" ahaha priceless.
I saw a comment asking why they had changed the logo to a red one, lmfao.
Yeah, even my dad wouldn't do this. In fact he trolls the Nigerian scammers that email him.
Seeing this level of stupidity within the general public just makes me facepalm hard.
I saw a comment asking why they had changed the logo to a red one, lmfao.
Yeah, even my dad wouldn't do this. In fact he trolls the Nigerian scammers that email him.
Seeing this level of stupidity within the general public just makes me facepalm hard.
The funniest thing about this is that instead of clicking back and looking at the results, which would have made it pretty obvious, people signed in to ReadWriteWeb and commented thinking that they were completely unable to access facebook, raising the profile of the article. :lol
I support the creation of a fake top "facebook login" google search result, which will execute a mass culling of facebook users.
I support the creation of a fake top "facebook login" google search result, which will execute a mass culling of facebook users.
The Faceless Master
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wow, something on the internet actually surprised me.
the best part is they actually had to think to use 'facebook login' as the search term instead of just 'facebook'
and now some awesome hackers are gonna manipulate a fake 'facebook login' page to the top of google search for the win.
the best part is they actually had to think to use 'facebook login' as the search term instead of just 'facebook'
and now some awesome hackers are gonna manipulate a fake 'facebook login' page to the top of google search for the win.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It's also funny that these people search for "facebook login" if you think about it.
They aren't googling for facebook.. They aren't looking for the site itself, which obviously has the login on its front page... They are actually making a request "facebook login, please".
It's like googling "I want a sandwitch".
They aren't googling for facebook.. They aren't looking for the site itself, which obviously has the login on its front page... They are actually making a request "facebook login, please".
It's like googling "I want a sandwitch".
As has been brought up on here and over on RWW - Idiocracy is looking less like a comedy movie and more like a future-world documentary.
Those comments also now make me more conflicted on the iPad: giving more people easier methods to access the internet may not be such a good thing.
Those comments also now make me more conflicted on the iPad: giving more people easier methods to access the internet may not be such a good thing.
Barberetti
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cms382 said:
Just to add to the tech support stories then:
I worked tech support for a domain hosting company a few years back. A guy called one morning to say he couldn't get his email working. Turned out he was typing his email address into the IE address bar, and clicking the Go button.
Battersea Power Station
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D4Danger said:
jamesinclair
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I decided to check what alexa has to say about this:
Keyword
Percent of Search Traffic
1
facebook
31.17%
2
facebook login
3.09%
3
facebook.com
2.19%
4
www.facebook.com
0.90%
5
face
0.85%
6
face book
0.74%
7
fb
0.65%
8
facebok
0.28%
9
facebook en español
0.14%
10
www
0.12%
11
faceboook
12
farmville
As for me, I just type the letter "t" in my address bar.
thefacebook.com bitches!
Keyword
Percent of Search Traffic
1
31.17%
2
facebook login
3.09%
3
facebook.com
2.19%
4
www.facebook.com
0.90%
5
face
0.85%
6
face book
0.74%
7
fb
0.65%
8
facebok
0.28%
9
facebook en español
0.14%
10
www
0.12%
11
faceboook
12
farmville
As for me, I just type the letter "t" in my address bar.
thefacebook.com bitches!
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