Had to block my own aunt on Facebook because she kept sharing obvious bot accounts

Last week my aunt shared this post from an account called 'Health Queen 2024' that was like 'I cured my arthritis with this one weird trick!' and I checked the profile - it was literally posting the same spam in 5 different groups every minute. She got all defensive when I told her it's probably a bot farm from overseas. I spent like 20 minutes trying to explain how to spot fake accounts but she just called me a conspiracy theorist. Anyone else dealing with relatives who can't tell the difference between a real person and a copy-paste machine?

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simon_carr12d ago

lol rip. Sounds like my grandma who still thinks those "Bill Gates wants to give you $500" ads are real. Maybe you can send her a link to that Nigerian prince who's been trying to reach her.

emery1012d ago

guilty as charged, I once tried to convince my dad that the "free iPad" link wasn't real and he just told me I was jealous of his tech skills. at this point I'm half convinced my family is just trying to get me banned from Facebook with all the spam they share.

abby_cooper12d ago

Are you sure blocking her was the best move though? I get it can be frustrating but sometimes older relatives just need patience, not a block. My mom fell for those fake celebrity giveaway pages for months before she finally started listening to me about spotting scams. Maybe you could try sending her a funny article about common Facebook scams instead of getting into a whole argument about it. Probably would work better than trying to explain it all at once.