LOL----reminds me of an email program I would run back in the early 90's....called bell hell.... you so much as downloaded email didn't even have to open it and it went off for the prescribed number of times set
Didn't we all go through this with the 'mark me' crowd. This will pass and be accepted like the 'marking' as only the minority of people concerned with monetizing their postings and links will use these kinds of functions. It really isn't a big deal and easily ignored. Plus, these items are basically for mobile devices, not us dinosaurs on desktops and laptops that mobile users have greatly ellipsed.