It's hard not to love hoaxes spread on Facebook, isn't it? The latest one making the rounds says this:
"Mark Zuckerberg is going to give away 4.5 million shares of his Facebook stock tonight at midnight; 10% to people like you and me! All you have to do is copy and paste this to your page and post. Facebook is doing this to show what a powerful tool of connection it is !!! Can't wait to see who wins !!! This is not a hoax !!! It's on Good Morning America!!!"
Yes, it's just THAT easy!!! Sorry, I felt the need to follow the three exclamation point trend for a moment. I'll stop now. But seriously, while we'd all love for millions of dollars to fall out of the sky onto our laps (yes, even through the sturdy roofs of our homes), unless we get incredibly lucky with a lottery ticket, there's less chance of that happening than a sloth beating Usain Bolt in the 200 metre at the Olympics. Like most such Facebook posts, this one has been debunked more times than Donald Trump has complimented himself during his campaign. In any case, I thought I'd poke fun at this hoax by presenting some Mark Zuckerberg-giveaway posts of my own. Here we go...
- "Having a rough go of things? Well, today you're in luck! For every time you copy and paste this post on your page, Mark Zuckerberg will send you $1! The maximum per person is $100,000! This is not a hoax! It's an attempt to see who your real friends are!"
- "If you copy and paste this post to your page at exactly midnight on January 1st of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg will give you a smart car time machine! This is not a hoax! I heard it on Fox News!
- "Elvis is still alive! If you want to meet him, just copy and paste this post on your page and Mark Zuckerberg will fly him directly to your door, where he'll immediately sing that 'Suspicious' whatever song! This is not a hoax! I saw it on 60/60!"
- "If anyone can copy and paste this post on their page at exactly 11:22:33 tonight, Mark Zuckerberg will give you an actual working hoverboard, like from Back to the Future II! This is not a hoax! Snopes even said it's true! Check it out at this site if you don't believe me - http://www.snopes.zuckerberghoverboardbullcrap.com!"
- "First off, this is not a hoax! I heard it from a voice in my head named Chico Gonzalez! If you copy and paste this post on your page from 10:01 to 10:05 tonight, Mark Zuckerberg will reward with one of five different things! At 10:01 you'll receive a lifetime supply of staplers! At 10:02 you'll get a pet gerbil named Sh*t Breath! At 10:03 you'll get a Christmas stocking filled with Borders and Blockbuster Video gift cards! At 10:04 Fred Durst will sing Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' to you at one of his concerts! At 10:05 you'll get to star in Mark's upcoming movie, My Face Is Better Than Your Face!"
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Mark-Zuckerberg-Facebook-Hoax-Meme-363665531.html
"Mark Zuckerberg is going to give away 4.5 million shares of his Facebook stock tonight at midnight; 10% to people like you and me! All you have to do is copy and paste this to your page and post. Facebook is doing this to show what a powerful tool of connection it is !!! Can't wait to see who wins !!! This is not a hoax !!! It's on Good Morning America!!!"
Yes, it's just THAT easy!!! Sorry, I felt the need to follow the three exclamation point trend for a moment. I'll stop now. But seriously, while we'd all love for millions of dollars to fall out of the sky onto our laps (yes, even through the sturdy roofs of our homes), unless we get incredibly lucky with a lottery ticket, there's less chance of that happening than a sloth beating Usain Bolt in the 200 metre at the Olympics. Like most such Facebook posts, this one has been debunked more times than Donald Trump has complimented himself during his campaign. In any case, I thought I'd poke fun at this hoax by presenting some Mark Zuckerberg-giveaway posts of my own. Here we go...
- "Having a rough go of things? Well, today you're in luck! For every time you copy and paste this post on your page, Mark Zuckerberg will send you $1! The maximum per person is $100,000! This is not a hoax! It's an attempt to see who your real friends are!"
- "If you copy and paste this post to your page at exactly midnight on January 1st of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg will give you a smart car time machine! This is not a hoax! I heard it on Fox News!
- "Elvis is still alive! If you want to meet him, just copy and paste this post on your page and Mark Zuckerberg will fly him directly to your door, where he'll immediately sing that 'Suspicious' whatever song! This is not a hoax! I saw it on 60/60!"
- "If anyone can copy and paste this post on their page at exactly 11:22:33 tonight, Mark Zuckerberg will give you an actual working hoverboard, like from Back to the Future II! This is not a hoax! Snopes even said it's true! Check it out at this site if you don't believe me - http://www.snopes.zuckerberghoverboardbullcrap.com!"
- "First off, this is not a hoax! I heard it from a voice in my head named Chico Gonzalez! If you copy and paste this post on your page from 10:01 to 10:05 tonight, Mark Zuckerberg will reward with one of five different things! At 10:01 you'll receive a lifetime supply of staplers! At 10:02 you'll get a pet gerbil named Sh*t Breath! At 10:03 you'll get a Christmas stocking filled with Borders and Blockbuster Video gift cards! At 10:04 Fred Durst will sing Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' to you at one of his concerts! At 10:05 you'll get to star in Mark's upcoming movie, My Face Is Better Than Your Face!"
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Mark-Zuckerberg-Facebook-Hoax-Meme-363665531.html
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