Rense Nieuwenhuis » ghostwriter http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl "The extra-ordinary lies within the curve of normality" Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:58:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Facebook just suggested a ghostwriter for my PhD http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/facebook-just-suggested-a-ghostwriter-for-my-phd/ http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/facebook-just-suggested-a-ghostwriter-for-my-phd/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:22:16 +0000 http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/?p=5760 Wow! Facebook just suggested me an advertisement about a ghostwriter. The pitch: “You are successful. You have embarked upon a great career. You want to achieve a doctorate.”

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It’s not just that I think this is spam, it also seems highly unethical. To make things even worse, Facebook did not provide the usual options to report the message for being inappropriate (or spam). Perhaps because it was a paid advertisement?

What a way to make money… I guess I should just be happy that I completed a great PhD dissertation myself!

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