I should know better. But alas, one of the latest virtual gewgaws a friend sent me via MyFaceSpaceBook intrigued me enough to click on it. Yes, sign me up for this MyFaceSpaceBook “application” and okay, I see what it is. Fine. But right at the top of the page I see:
**(2)** of your Friends Challenged you at the **IQ Quiz** > **(1)** of them thinks you are **dumb!**
Accept Challenge
Alright, fine. I'm curious.
Click.
I'm taken off MyFaceSpaceBook to some other website that's asking some very easy questions. I answer a bunch and have to type in my phone number to get to my results. No way I'm doing that, so it's “555-555-1212” and …
More questions. And one of the questions leads off to yet another site asking questions. I answer all those questions, answer for my phone number as “555-555-1212” and got back “Thank you. We'll text your results.”
Heh. Good luck.
But the quiz that lead off to that quiz is still open. I type in my birthday, and then I have to fill in all this personal information. It didn't like my first name of “S”—apparently that's not a valid name. And it didn't like my address of “123 Main St., Boca Raton.” When I typed in the address of The Company, it somehow knew it wasn't a residential area and required an apartment number. Oh, and it didn't like my phone number, so I made one up (sorry to whomever that is).
Good lord!
Okay, fine.
Then a screen asking if I'm interested in any of the following optional promotional items, select “Yes” or ”No” for each one. I answer “no” to each one, and then I'm informed that I need to answer “yes” to at least one of them.
So much for optional.
I pick one (I think it was for a motorized wheelchair) and get yet another screen of “optional promotional items.” Same story, I have to select “yes” to one of them. A third page of “optional promotional items.” This time, I disable Javascript so I can answer ”no” in peace. Next page comes up saying I need to enable Javascript and a “submit” button, and nothing else.
I can't get past this screen, so I re-enable Javascript, and hit “submit.” Now I get a page asking for my preference for [DELETED-cancer sticks-DELETED] cigarettes (really? Did I say “yes” to cigarettes?).
Sorry, I don't have one. I de-select the “I certify that I am of legal age” checkbox and hit submit. I then get the following:
There were errors in your submission:
> * The 'Optin to Receive Mail' field is required
* The 'USUAL BRAND of cigarettes' field is required
* The 'Usual Brand Style' field is required
* The 'USUAL BRAND menthol?' field is required
* The 'USUAL BRAND of cigarettes 2' field is required
Electronic Signature*
Please enter your name and address as they appear on your driver's license or official ID:
No! While yes, I am of legal age to consume tobacco products, I do not want to receive offers, premiums, and/or coupons from a tobacco company. And yes, I do understand that giving false information in order to accept these offers may constitute a violation of law, but I don't want the offers! I just want my results.
There simply is no way on this page to say “No thank you.” So therefore, I am unable to continue, and get my results.
Oh, and the quiz?
It's the “How [DELETED-Smart-DELETED] DUMB Are You?” quiz.
Sigh.
To my MyFaceSpaceBook peeps: I love ya, but I'm simply going to ignore all virtual gewgaws from now on. Just saying …