My love/hate relationship with Facebook

I must admit, until two weeks ago, I was becoming a Facebook junkie. I went on the site several times a day, kept up with friends' news and words of wisdom, laughed at jokes and videos, and contributed my own gems of daily activities.  Harmless fun. I still feel that way about FB but now the startling reality of hackers has interrupted my free-flowing sharing of news and views. Two weeks ago a hacker chopped into my account, told friends that I, Cynthia-Cindy, was stuck in London and needed money. Though more money is always nice, the whole scenario was false. Someone reported the spamming to Facebook, and without warning, without contacting me, BAM! my account was "disabled." Not suspended. DISABLED. Gone, whammo. Outta here. I spent two weeks suffering from a cold aggravated by Facebook withdrawal, trying to get reinstated.  I wanted to wish all my FB buddies a Merry Christmas. I wanted to see their Christmas trees, their kids in Santa hats, their dancing penquins. All to no avail. Facebook "at this time" does not offer phone support, so you can't call them. All you can do is respond to emails, which I did, daily. But no response from them. So, ultimately I had to start all over with a new email address, password, etc. I have lost hundreds of "friends" and that's the worst part. I want you back. If you know of anyone who might want to be my friend, please tell them to "friend" me. I have a long mountain to climb.

And you can be sure I'll be more careful with my privacy settings.

Just wondering, has this happened to anyone else you know of?

Anyway, HAPPY HOLIDAYS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! At least I'm in time for that one!

Cindy

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