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Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by a5c11 »

mat0 wrote: post #8

Good for you, Mark! I had a nice chuckle. On a more serious note, I really feel for the people that cannot get any kind of support and try to get some help by messaging "the owner" of the social network they are in. With big companies, you used to be able to get someone to talk to you when you had a problem. Not anymore. The best you can get is a well trained LLM

A couple of years ago when I still was on Facebook, I had a problem with my account being falsely accused of hacking. I believe it happened because I had been chatting with my friend about computer malware.

All my chats were gone, and I couldn't write to any of my friends. "Okay, I will just reach the tech support, and solve the problem" - silly me back then. I was genuinely shocked that there was no "Facebook support". Just a bunch of FAQs, general help, and that's it, no way to talk to anyone. I felt completely helpless and lost, really unpleasant feeling.

My account got back to normal after one day or so, but that was the day I decided to begin the process of leaving that platform.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by a5c11 »

siva7 wrote: post #149
fastasucan wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked with a guy that shares the name with the Norwegian mass murderer who targeted children at a youth camp. I think had some pretty though years, but never changed his name.

I can't even imagine how you would go on with this name if you're living in europe as it guarantees instant recognition almost anywhere.

Depends how you use it. I see numerous possibilities of taking advantage of such "bad name". People know the real Breivik is in prison, so they will be genuinely curious. Besides, it's not like you have your name tattooed on your forehead.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by glenneroo »

mFixman wrote: post #145
Fnoord wrote: post #93

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Why, we got something similar in other countries. Here in NL it is called BSN; Burger Service Number (burger means civilian). I believe the civilian should be able to create identities based on their private key (which only the government knows ) and these should have different details. Like for example, a nickname, a realname, a telephone number, and address, or multiple of these. But then, also the civilian should…

> burger means civilian I just realised this is probably the German etymological branch of "burgoise".

Sorry to ruin your fun but in German it's actually just Bürger (capitalized because all nouns are). Though the true etymology might be entirely different.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by willsmith72 »

fiatpandas wrote: post #200

Could anyone shed some light on the password reset email “hack”? I don’t really understand the attack sequence if the attacker doesn’t have access to your inbox. Even if you clicked them they don’t get access. My conclusion is trolling / annoyance. The same thing happens to my Instagram account, which is an old 3-letter username that is desirable. I get hundreds of reset emails per month, all generated by the real se…

how much are these services wasting sending out these emails? surely some rate limiting would be sensible

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by rkomorn »

bonzini wrote: post #211
rkomorn wrote: post #164

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My spouse suffers from this as well. It's bananas to me how many people use that email address clearly thinking it's theirs.

I have myname.wifename@gmail.com (we use it for bills, children activities, and other family stuff where you can't register more than one email address). Neither of our names can be confused with a last name and yet I had multiple people writing to it incorrectly, including: as the email attached to a Diners credit card (I called Diners and they asked me what's the right one and "if I don't know the right one how do…

What a weird world. :)

Edit: side note, your username is also the name of my favorite fusball table maker.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by torben-friis »

stareatgoats wrote: post #174
torben-friis wrote: post #168

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My name isn’t super known, but it happened to be the same as that of a very big fish in the financial institution I worked for. Thankfully these people were working mostly through physical meetings and calls, so no sensitive info was leaked, but I did get calendar invites to discuss the future of entire countries as an engineering intern. I used the name a couple times to set up our internal meetings in the fancier u…

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Discuss it as in “there’s elections in Argentina, let’s see how we react to the change of administration”. Not as in “I will replace Argentina’s president”.

At least the titles/descriptions didn’t contain anything to consider pulling a Snowden about it.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by glenneroo »

dan-robertson wrote: post #176
mat0 wrote: post #8

Good for you, Mark! I had a nice chuckle. On a more serious note, I really feel for the people that cannot get any kind of support and try to get some help by messaging "the owner" of the social network they are in. With big companies, you used to be able to get someone to talk to you when you had a problem. Not anymore. The best you can get is a well trained LLM

What do you think happens today if you mail a letter addressed to the CEO of a big company (or their office)?

Please try... for science... and write about it and post here referencing this discussion. Thanks! :)

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by avhception »

lordnacho wrote: post #131
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #107

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With the Internet, you can now be famous, without being rich. Many of the truly rich people are quite anonymous. The billionaires you read about are really just the tip of the iceberg.

Plus fame minus rich is probably not great. You can get a lot of unwanted attention that you can't avoid by moving or hiring guards.

Related phenomenon: So-called "Lolcows". Over here in Germany, we have the infamous case of "Drachenlord", a Youtuber that had a lot of negative interactions with his "fanbase" to the point that one could argue he was dependent on being harassed.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by a5c11 »

olirex99 wrote: post #68

This website looks a lot like the one of Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad.

I think that's the usual way the american attorneys advertise. I kinda like that style. In Poland, attorneys aren't allowed to advertise that expressively, which I think is a stupid regulation.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by withinboredom »

dangus wrote: post #194
piker wrote: post #45

Interesting look into what Zuck and other mega celebrities experience day to day. I'm sure Zuck and others of a certain stature have many protection layers, but surely some things slip through and it's interesting to consider those just a tier lower that can't afford all of the security, etc. Reminds me of the Bill Murray quote: "I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. S…

I’ve heard stories of celebrities having things like hotel room and rental car reservations canceled because people thought they were playing a prank.

This is why people like my wife exist. They solely are the “human in the loop” on reservations making sure a human on the other side knows it’s legit. It’s a fascinating field.
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