There's more to this than Facebook Mobile (Score 1)

Hello fellow Slashdotters. Glad to see this topic is getting attention here. I'm the guy who started the Hacked by Mitt Romney Facebook group.

I was unknowingly signed up for Mitt Romney's page back on August 23rd. It was news to me that I was a Romney fan, but there I was, listed as a fan on his page. As an old-school geek who's been on the Internet for 20 years and works as a sysadmin (you know, they guy who tells others in the office not to click on things), I am certain that I did not click on anything by mistake.

Curiously, Facebook's Activity Log shows every like I've registered on the service since my account was created, yet it DOESN'T show me ever liking Mitt Romney's page. That's the biggest clue that this is some sort of hack. If I screwed up and clicked on something by mistake, this should be reflected in the Activity Log, right? But it's not. Then again, maybe I'm a super-hacker, able to scrub entries from Facebook records. But probably not!

I emailed Bill Pennington, the expert that the Mother Jones reporter contacted, asking him for his thoughts. He replied:
"Sadly the people that hold all the cards are FB and I don’t really buy their story of accidental clicks on the mobile site, maybe some but not all."

My own research shows that there's virtually no way what happened to me (at least) is due to Facebook mobile. All of that is on my blog, www.markturner.net.

I am very, very angry that someone (perhaps Romney's campaign, perhaps someone working on his behalf) would put words into my mouth and hijack my online reputation for a cause in which I do not believe. I have little faith that Facebook will be forthcoming on how this is happening.

What I DO hope is that other Slashdot users can help uncover more of what's going on. Am I completely wrong? Overlooking something basic? Why do so many Facebook users report the same thing, even those without smartphones?

Mark Turner
Hacked by Mitt Romney Facebook group