Not sure I 'get' social media sometimes

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Didn't really know where to put this. Signed up to the Twitter site some months ago, and of late certain users with remarkably similar... er, interests have taken to 're-tweeting' my own comments, some bland ones about charities and my own studies, basically. They've never contacted me in any way before however, and absolutely don't appear to follow or retain any of my own interests (I'm on there to follow some science and climate change campaigners).
Anyway, not sure if I'm reading too much into it, or am missing some nefarious reason behind this behaviour; they both 're-tweet' a lot, but have no strong followings themselves. Are they simply marking people's profiles this way so as to make them visible to third parties on their own feeds, e.g. scammers, or is this just some sort of Twitter mentality? Hm.

If they have no profile pic and/or no original content on their page, chances are it's a bot.

I also have trouble getting social media. I just go on Facebook to play games.

No idea.. I've never used twitter. I created an account once only because it was impossible to buy a ticket to a local TEDx event without logging in via a twitter handle. Personally, I see twitter as a way to advertise a business, and since I'm not promoting myself or anything I see no reason to use it.

I do use Facebook, though. It's the only one I use. I like it for interacting with friends, seeing what people are up to, sharing some things, organizing events etc. Can't be bothered to play games on there or anywhere else, though, as I don't play video games.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I use Facebook, but mainly just to display my drawings, crafts, and upload screenshots of mobile video games like Animal Crossing NL or The Sims Freeplay. And play Facebook games, but I don't do that much now.

I've blocked out most of the garbage on Facebook, like posts of "inspirational" messages with those stupid Minions, or people pushing their beliefs about religion, politics, or child-raising, and ordering you to "like" if you agree.

And then there's those stupid "98% will get this wrong" puzzles.

I get follow requests on instagram from fake accounts like that. If they're overtly sexual I always assume they are scammers and report them.

I heard a report on the radio a couple of weeks ago about guys getting scammed by cyberblackmail because thy think a real woman is trying to get to know them and then (well she is really, she's just not really interested in getting to know him) she convinces him to do something sexual, records it and blackmail him with it. Though they didn't say how the guys came across these scammers this is probably an entry.

Btw if this happens to anyone, don't pay up. Contact the police.