After being bombarded with hard-core pornography and violent images in their feed, some Facebook users can change the way they use and whether the social network, according to industry analysts.
For the past few days, Facebook has fought an attack that flooded the site with explicit images and painful. A spokeswoman told that Facebook's security team has identified the "most responsible actors" and work in an "appropriate action".
And when the social network for lawyers looking for ways to deal with spam, many users are recovering from the pictures they saw the news feeds. Some of them took to Twitter and unloading of frustration and keep in touch with each other.
"Facebook used to be friends and family, now the site Facebook = porn site " XtinaSayWhat tweeted, kimpoyfeliciano And also tweeted: "That awkward moment when your Facebook Newsfeed turned into a porn site."
Others went further and said they could leave Facebook entirely for the assault of spam.
"I'm considering deleting my facebook because of all the porn/ dead animals and babies. its disgusting," tweeted sarahjacobss. And UP4RUNWAY tweeted, "I might deactivate my Facebook soon...all these porn going around and ending up on my wall...it's ridiculous."
Zeus Kerravala, senior research analyst with ZK, is not surprised that Facebook users consider to fall during the attack. If similar attacks followed, many do.
"Think of all the people who use Facebook when they work," said Kerravala. "Seven out of 10 people have befriended a colleague or their boss. Just think of those images opening in the office."
Rob Enderle, an analyst at Enderle Group, said that along with the privacy issues that Facebook has had in the past year, the spam attack could make many users think twice before using the site.
"It creates a cloud of distrust surrounding the service and may cause people to reduce their use of it or stop using it altogether," Enderle said. "For those that are likely questioning whether it is a good use of their time as it is... this could eventually erode Facebook's user base significantly."
Not all analysts, however, that the event is bad news for Facebook. Brad Shimmin of Current Analysis, said Facebook would be good if it is quickly deals with the problem.
"I do not think this is necessarily a bad thing given the rapid and apparently effective so far is a security issue, which is not their expertise, software," said Shimmin. "If nothing else, serves to stimulate awareness of the risks browsing websites. The attacks can start such a way that is completely outside the control of the host Web site."
For the past few days, Facebook has fought an attack that flooded the site with explicit images and painful. A spokeswoman told that Facebook's security team has identified the "most responsible actors" and work in an "appropriate action".
And when the social network for lawyers looking for ways to deal with spam, many users are recovering from the pictures they saw the news feeds. Some of them took to Twitter and unloading of frustration and keep in touch with each other.
"Facebook used to be friends and family, now the site Facebook = porn site " XtinaSayWhat tweeted, kimpoyfeliciano And also tweeted: "That awkward moment when your Facebook Newsfeed turned into a porn site."
Others went further and said they could leave Facebook entirely for the assault of spam.
"I'm considering deleting my facebook because of all the porn/ dead animals and babies. its disgusting," tweeted sarahjacobss. And UP4RUNWAY tweeted, "I might deactivate my Facebook soon...all these porn going around and ending up on my wall...it's ridiculous."
Zeus Kerravala, senior research analyst with ZK, is not surprised that Facebook users consider to fall during the attack. If similar attacks followed, many do.
"Think of all the people who use Facebook when they work," said Kerravala. "Seven out of 10 people have befriended a colleague or their boss. Just think of those images opening in the office."
Rob Enderle, an analyst at Enderle Group, said that along with the privacy issues that Facebook has had in the past year, the spam attack could make many users think twice before using the site.
"It creates a cloud of distrust surrounding the service and may cause people to reduce their use of it or stop using it altogether," Enderle said. "For those that are likely questioning whether it is a good use of their time as it is... this could eventually erode Facebook's user base significantly."
Not all analysts, however, that the event is bad news for Facebook. Brad Shimmin of Current Analysis, said Facebook would be good if it is quickly deals with the problem.
"I do not think this is necessarily a bad thing given the rapid and apparently effective so far is a security issue, which is not their expertise, software," said Shimmin. "If nothing else, serves to stimulate awareness of the risks browsing websites. The attacks can start such a way that is completely outside the control of the host Web site."
