Is this Facebook spam... or a hijack... or both?

[Heel n Toe]

This appeared on our FB wall with our FB name first, then one of those triangles pointing to the right, then one of our FB friends' names (triangles represented by >):
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Our FB Name > Our Friend's FB Name > Hey, please
tell me why you aren't buckling with excitement over this?:
http://hex.io/1ged You Will BE!
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Then right below it, it says 17 SIMILAR POSTS and when I click on that, it's the very same thing as above with our FB name in front, and it shows it has been sent to 17 of our friends.
:huh:

What's the deal? I'm thinking it would not be smart to click on that link, so I haven't... and posted a question on our wall saying I don't know how it got sent or what it is and does anyone know how it could've happened?

[WilsonTC]

Only guessing that your friend has all their permissions set to "allow". Someone spammed your friend and it showed up on yours.

[Heel n Toe]

But how could it have now made the jump to where we are sending it to 18 of our friends?

And we have 9 that it didn't go to.

[Heel n Toe]

BTW, I should say that we've been on FB for less than 6 months, and I only vaguely know what is meant by "set to allow"... I assume it lets friends' wall postings go to your wall.

I don't even know how our account is set in that regard, but will check.