What not to do on Facebook. And don’t laugh too hard; if you haven’t done this yet, you will Grasshopper. You will.
Update: the original posting was a Facebook hacker from 4chan, so my Facebook friends tell me. My Facebook friends would never let me make a mistake like this; they’d correct me immediately. Howcum Tracy’s friends don’t like her that much?
Oh Tracy
A couple of points:
- Does anyone doubt that she’s going to GAIN Friends from this?
- Does anyone doubt that “Micheal” is going to UnFriend her, along with every friend named Michael until the fuss dies down?
- Does anyone else wonder about this in light of the fact that her status is “engaged?” I mean, if Studly Do-Right here isn’t the fiancee, there will be hella drama.
- I feel bad for her, but this is a classic example of the kind of person who could benefit from taking an intro course. We’re used to our secrets being more under our control, but online the default is “Broadcast.”
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lifeflaw
August 30, 2009
I also feel bad for her. I guess a person should acquaint herself/himself quit well with facebook or any other “social” networking website before writing about last night. :)
mudhooks
August 30, 2009
Somehow, the language about the “encounter” just doesn’t ring true… I mean… Who says “being mounted by such a strong and powerful man”??? Barbara Cartland, maybe, bu not your average woman. And “love cave between my legs”???? That sounds like Penthouse (and written by a man).
raincoaster
August 30, 2009
Well, the average woman doesn’t post this to her Wall, does she?
Yes, in retrospect it does sound fake, but that makes me feel even better about using it as an example; if there’s no REAL Tracy out there, then she can’t be continually humiliated by this getting posted all over the world.
On the other hand, I’ve learned that even the things that look fakey can be true (well, I’m not sure he’s a strong and powerful man, I’m only sure that the remarks could indeed be authentic to her). I’m not calling it one way or the other, but I AM calling it an extreme example of something we’ve all seen and/or done.
[note: post updated with new info; the original Wall post was a hacker. But why didn’t she just say she hadn’t written it? You’d think that would be an obvious course of action]
lifeflaw
August 30, 2009
There is always a chance that someone stole her password and wrote such a post. Or even simpler, if she didn’t log off her facebook account, then anyone else can use her computer to write such things.
And of course, there is a chance that this was created using an image manipulation program. Something that does not tick is the time stamps; first it says 58 minutes ago near her post, then her comment on her post is 59 minutes ago. So as if she commented on her post before posting it!
But again, we cannot rule out the human factor while leads to all kinds of mistakes. In other words, never underestimate man’s stupidity.
No matter what lead to this, it still has a lesson for all of us!
raincoaster
August 30, 2009
I’ve actually had that time glitch happen to me on FB. I think all their datacenters aren’t synched up or something.
Simplest explanation is 4chan hacked it, posted the original post, and then she was too dense to tell her friends she hadn’t posted it, and they were unkind enough not to tell her how to pull it down.
I mean, I’m a big meanie, but I’d have told her how.
Gabriel...
August 31, 2009
Weird… I’d swear that looks like my mother from like fifteen years ago.
Rob J
August 31, 2009
Don’t talk about your sex life on the interwebs! Not by email, DMs, PMs, Posts, and certainly not wall-fodder. It’s a good rule to remember.