Likejacking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Likejacking is a noun meaning (Internet, neologism) The malicious practice of tricking users of a social networking website into "liking" something they did not intend to like.
Meaning
(Internet, neologism) The malicious practice of tricking users of a social networking website into "liking" something they did not intend to like.
Example Sentences
No risk of "likejacking", "clickjacking", spammy apps or anything else that's so prevalent these days.
On Facebook, the form this takes has been dubbed Likejacking, because the object of the scam is to get you to click a hidden Like button, sending out a News Feed story saying that you Liked a Page or a link that you haven't, in fact, Liked.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brushing, trollage, highjacking, joe job, trollism, bait and switch.
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