Publications by Eric Niewoehner
I have noticed over the past couple of years the increase in traffic of groups in Facebook which focus on history or heritage. I have joined a few. Most are obviously connected to the group’s subject judged from their intuitive awareness of local history, issues and events. But I noticed some anomalies with some of…
It is rather alarming to get a message accusing you of “page harassment” and a “copyright infringement.” It is just one more scam in the world of Facebook.
Social media is flooded with fake accounts. One way of solving that riddle is to introduce a scale, or a score, that will verify that the account is a real person or busin
I recently posted invites to a garage sale. I created an event in Facebook which eventually presented an opportunity to designate who will receive the invite. Amongst the list of friends I counted seven that I knew had been deceased.
In April this year I wrote an article on what I call “phantom buyers”, these pretend accounts on Facebook that exploit security vulnerabilities in Facebook’s Marketplace. I have been heavily engaged in Facebook’s Marketplace for the past few months because we are preparing to move back to Missouri. So I have been quite intrigued by the frequent encounters with “phantom buyer