Facebook is so desperate for engagement, it's spamming users via their 2FA numbers http://ift.tt/2F1uNXe

via Social Media http://ift.tt/2F1uNXe Jack Morse

Facebook is feeling lonely these days.

The social media behemoth has seen a decline in traffic in recent weeks along with millions of users leaving its platform, and it appears to be taking rather drastic measures to win them back. Specifically, spamming the hell out of them in a most unfortunate place.

So says one account holder, Gabriel Lewis, who tweeted that Facebook texted "spam" to the phone number he submitted for the purposes of 2-factor authentication. And no, he insists he did not have mobile notifications turned on.

What's more, when he replied "stop" and "DO NOT TEXT ME," he says those message showed up on his Facebook wall. Read more...

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