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On 27 June 2015, a Facebook post purportedly made by actress Jennifer Aniston comparing gay rights activists to soldiers caused a stir on social media: Within a few days, Aniston's supposed Facebook post had been shared more than 200,000 times, with many users who encountered it vowing to boycott the actress' movies over her alleged viewpoint. The above-displayed post, however, was not made by Jennifer Aniston. The Jennifer Aniston Facebook page is not affiliated in any way with Jennifer Aniston the actress. Similar to other like farming scams, this Jennifer Aniston Facebook page employs sexy photos of the actress, inspirational quotes, and other shareable content in order to increase user engagement. The site's purpose, however, has nothing to do with presenting visitors first-hand information about the actress. (Indeed, most of the links provided on this Facebook simply point to videos uploaded to YouTube by user Sam00962.) In fact, the substance of the post attributed to Aniston came from DV Dan, the admin of the Dysfunctional Veterans web site, who wrote of it:
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