Why random people add on facebook

Maybe with the universal login thing facebook does now theres some bugs they gotta fix Facebook has recently changed how you view your friends list, you can now see people you had as friends who have since deactivated your account.

So the names you are seeing were on your friends list years ago, you probably dont remember though as you said you added loads of random people. I have noticed too that friends you had who properly deleted there account and not not just deactivated it comments will stay on your pictures and stuff. Facebook then appears to assign there id to a new user so you will then see comments on your pictures from totally random people in other countries.

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You write something that reaches a lot of people, that maybe strikes a chord or two, and readers seek you out on social media. But, if I'm being honest, I hadn't done that in January. And these accounts seemingly weren't "people" in the strictest sense — their accounts had all the red flags of being fake: Users with no shared friends, no reason for me to know this person or vice versa, and often with an extremely sparse profile page.

It wasn't until I saw my friend and former editor Tim Stevens tweet about a similar problem he was having on Facebook that I realized I wasn't alone. His responses from other journalists with verified Facebook accounts further echoed the issues I was having. That change has had the unexpected outcome of some Facebook users — people with verified accounts, like Stevens — seeing a surge in friend requests from random, seemingly fake Facebook accounts.

In short, because verified account users are now more easily discovered through Facebook search, it's easier for bots scraping through Facebook search to discover and send those users friend requests.

If a verified account holder agrees to be friends with one of these fake accounts, it lends validity to said account. And validity is especially meaningful when you're operating a bunch of fake account profiles. They can be used to spread misinformation, and to create a false sense of support, or anger, or whatever other response to a particular subject or event.

It was fake accounts like these — posing as people, but actually operated by the Russian government — that helped sow discord and influence voters during the US presidential election.