Surge in Facebook membership requests

[Bamagirl]

Since we have this Forum, as well as the FB page and the FB group, I don't see a problem with making the FB group Private, as long as it also remains visible. It will still be easy to find, and anyone who is truly interested in joining can easily make the request.

The surge in requests to join by many people who are questionable as far as being Alizée fans makes me feel like it is necessary to do this too protect the integrity of the group and the privacy, as far as possible, of the members. Being private just means that only members can read the posts and see who else is a member. It does not stop anyone from finding the group or making the join request.

I can't help but fear that the way it is going now is that the huge numbers of new members is not an indication of people interested in Alizée, but rather interested in being members of as many FB groups as possible for who-knows-what reason(s).

When I see membership requests by people (mostly men) who joined FB 6 weeks ago, and yet have 4000 FB friends and also belong to 1000 FB groups, I have to admit I have my suspicions. When I check their profiles and find out that most (or all) of their hundreds or thousands of friends are young, attractive women who work for "Facebook App" I am even more suspicious that these people requesting membership are not only not legitimate fans of Alizée, but possible not even the profiles of real people.

Edit:

This shows the surge in FB group membership.

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