Idiots on Facebook

Blatter · 25-10-2010 3:58pm #1

Find it amusing that there are so many people on Facebook that post all of there personal information on their page, and don't keep it private, open to Parents, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, and probably worst of all, potential employers.

Just talking to my house mate the other day who is does job interviews for Airtricity and the first thing he does is check if there Facebook page is off private and scours through it, he said the amont of potential employees he's turned down because of it is unbelievable. Some of the groups people join, some of the photos that are viewable of them, the dirty/inappropriate status updates, aswell as some undesirable friends is just unbelievable. It can damage your reputation amongst your family also. Some people won't care about this, but I suspect the majority would.

Just a heads up to people who don't have their facebook on private.

recylingbin · 25-10-2010 3:59pm

Facebook is for idiots.

Teutorix · 25-10-2010 4:01pm

All my facebook activities are quite acceptable I would hope.

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 4:01pm

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Find it amusing that there are so many people on Facebook that post all of there personal information on their page, and don't keep it private, open to Parents, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, and probably worst of all, potential employers.

Just talking to my house mate the other day who is does job interviews for Airtricity and the first thing he does is check if there Facebook page is off private and scours through it, he said the amont of potential employees he's turned down because of it is unbelievable. Some of the groups people join, some of the photos that are viewable of them, the dirty/inappropriate status updates, aswell as some undesirable friends is just unbelievable. It can damage your reputation amongst your family also. Some people won't care about this, but I suspect the majority would.

Just a heads up to people who don't have their facebook on private.

Welcome to 2008

Hogzy · 25-10-2010 4:03pm

recylingbin wrote: »

Facebook is for idiots.

You're so cool :rolleyes:

Lemegeton · 25-10-2010 4:03pm

i knew someone who was bringing a case against their landlord because he was a dick and he took forever to fix anything. they were all ready to take him to the cleaners but the landlord found her public facebook page where she had been slagging him off and calling him every name under the sun. the landlord printed these off and threatened to sue for slander. they dropped the case against him

:D:D

so yeah if your on facebook you are a moron and if your page is public you are an enormous moron

Kasabian · 25-10-2010 4:03pm

It's called "football"

James Forde · 25-10-2010 4:03pm

recylingbin wrote: »

Facebook is for idiots.

billy no mates

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 4:04pm

Lemegeton wrote: »

i knew someone who was bringing a case against their landlord because he was a dick and he took forever to fix anything. they were all ready to take him to the cleaners but the landlord found her public facebook page where she had been slagging him off and calling him every name under the sun. the landlord printed these off and threatened to sue for slander. they dropped the case against him :D:D

so yeah if your on facebook you are a moron and if your page is public you are an enormous moron

Idiots for doing that. Truth and opinion are defences to a claim for defamation. No such thing as slander in this country.

recylingbin · 25-10-2010 4:05pm

bryanjf wrote: »

billy no mates

I can haz like 10,000 internet frendz?

James Forde · 25-10-2010 4:06pm

recylingbin wrote: »

I can haz like 10,000 internet frendz?

I haz 10,001

alwaysadub · 25-10-2010 4:06pm

Facebook stalking would be awful boring if everyone had their profile private!

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 4:07pm

recylingbin wrote: »

I can haz like 10,000 internet frendz?

I think there is still a 5000 friend limit on facebook

Teutorix · 25-10-2010 4:09pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

Facebook stalking would be awful boring if everyone had their profile private!

Takes about 2 minutes to get into somebodys private photo albums

Kasabian · 25-10-2010 4:14pm

I think I'll set-up a fake account and invite all my colleagues to be friends and then rat them out to the boss about what they are up to.

Blatter · 25-10-2010 4:17pm

People get caught out the whole time through it.

Joe: Grandfather just died....won't be in till next week, funeral is on Thursday.

Boss: No Problem, Sorry to hear about your loss, see you next week.

2 days later

Boss checks Joe's facebook page.

Joe has changed his current location to Ibiza, Spain. Oh look a new status update : Round 3, booze cruise!. 78 new pics added. Title of photo album ''Ibiza 2010''.

Boss calls Joe.

Joe: You have reached the 02 voicemail of 086.....

Boss: Your fukcing fired you lying piece of sh!t.

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 4:19pm

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

People get caught out the whole time through it.

Joe: Grandfather just died....won't be in till next week, funeral is on Thursday.

Boss: No Problem, Sorry to hear about your loss, see you next week.

2 days later

Boss checks Joe's facebook page.

Joe has changed his current location to Ibiza, Spain. Oh look a new status update : Round 3, booze cruise!. 78 new pics added. Title of photo album ''Ibiza 2010''.

Boss calls Joe.

Joe: You have reached the 02 voicemail of 086.....

Boss: Your fukcing fired you lying piece of sh!t.

Not necessarily grounds for termination.

CiaranC · 25-10-2010 4:22pm

Teutorix wrote: »

Takes about 2 minutes to get into somebodys private photo albums

Um, no.

OutlawPete · 25-10-2010 4:22pm

There not all idiots.

This twit who uses Boards is though:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506

The stuff they post make them look like the biggest gobshite in Ireland.

Kimono-Girl · 25-10-2010 4:24pm

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Just a heads up to people who don't have their facebook on private.

to be fair i didn't know some of it was public till recently:o my settings changed when they updated the privacy settings...:eek:

fixed it now though;) in case you after hours freaks decide to try snoop!

Micky Dolenz · 25-10-2010 4:25pm

ah, the auld ones are still the best ones.

Teutorix · 25-10-2010 4:25pm

CiaranC wrote: »

Um, no.

um, yep, if somebody is tagged in a private album and dont have thier profile on private or you are friends with them you can view the entire album.

Junco Partner · 25-10-2010 4:26pm

one of my fb friends announced the other day that he has a lovely dose of herpes. why anyone would announce that regardless of the privacy settings is a mystery.

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 4:26pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

There not all idiots.

This twit who uses Boards is though:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506

The stuff they post make them look like the biggest gobshite in Ireland.

DAMN IT'S ME!!!

alwaysadub · 25-10-2010 4:27pm

f0ggy92 wrote: »

one of my fb friends announced the other day that he has a lovely dose of herpes. why anyone would announce that regardless of the privacy settings is a mystery.

Sounds like he was fraped..

Caco · 25-10-2010 4:27pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

There not all idiots.

This twit who uses Boards is though:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506

The stuff they post make them look like the biggest gobshite in Ireland.

Reported

Dante · 25-10-2010 4:28pm

f0ggy92 wrote: »

one of my fb friends announced the other day that he has a lovely dose of herpes. why anyone would announce that regardless of the privacy settings is a mystery.

The wonders of frape.

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 4:28pm

Caco wrote: »

Reported

He'll get a 3 day ban for that.

I know from experience

alwaysadub · 25-10-2010 4:29pm

OisinT wrote: »

He'll get a 3 day ban for that.

I know from experience

Oh yeah-welcome back :pac:

Teutorix · 25-10-2010 4:32pm

Haha, no need for a ban, poor fella was just trying to be funny. stress on the ''trying''

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 4:32pm

Thanks! It was nice to ban me on a bank holiday weekend. Keep me out of the house and off the computer.

Copper23 · 25-10-2010 4:35pm

Ah yeah, I know some people who have been caught rotten with the things they put up on Facebook, Bebo back in the day, Boards, and some other places.

All sorts of stupid statements, getting caught slagging people off, making accusations, making fake accounts pretending to be other people, hilarious stuff.

Duggy747 · 25-10-2010 4:41pm

It's crazy what you can pick up from Facebook when people post up too much information and don't have any sort of privacy lock.

Case in point, recently a few weeks back I was out and met this guy in the smoking area of a niteclub. He told me his first name and that he barely knew some girl I knew from another town. Later on that night he started a fight with my friend (Lost badly, might I add :pac:) and never saw him again.

Anywho, for shìts and giggles I thought I'd find him with his first name by means of the girl he supposedly knew. So, I go to her profile, check her friends, find him and...........wallah!...........I found out absolutely everything about him:

His name
his birthday
name of his siblings
his address
What college he goes to
his photos showing where he hangs out

^^^Now that was the end of that, I don't plan on using it for anything other than to further cement my idea on how daft it is to post up everything about yourself on Facebook.

Just goes to show how easy it is to find someone when you have even a tidbit of info from them. :pac:

**Timbuk2** · 25-10-2010 4:41pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

There not all idiots.

This twit who uses Boards is though:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506

The stuff they post make them look like the biggest gobshite in Ireland.

That scared the crap out of me! I thought you posted a link to my profile for everyone on boards to see!

Damn you, OutlawPete

Piste · 25-10-2010 4:44pm

Yeah I find it a bit creepy how you can find out so much about people even when their profile is on private. I keep my facebook pretty private and even then you can still see my date of birth, my secondary school, my college and various stuff I "like". I don't tend to put anything too dodgy on facebook anyway.

Still and all, maybe that's why I'm having such trouble finding a Christmas job

Hail 2 Da Thief · 25-10-2010 4:44pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

There not all idiots.

This twit who uses Boards is though:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506

The stuff they post make them look like the biggest gobshite in Ireland.

I'll admit it, you got me! Heart in mouth for a couple of seconds

Fighting Irish · 25-10-2010 4:57pm

recylingbin wrote: »

Facebook is for idiots.

:rolleyes:

mahamageehad · 25-10-2010 4:59pm

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

I'll admit it, you got me! Heart in mouth for a couple of seconds

It pops up every so often! I think it gets everyone the first time!!

Sanjuro · 25-10-2010 5:01pm

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Find it amusing that there are so many people on Facebook that post all of there personal information on their page

I find it amusing that people still don't know the difference between there, their and they're.

Micky Dolenz · 25-10-2010 5:03pm

Sanjuro wrote: »

I find it amusing that people still don't know the difference between there, their and they're.

You probably need to get out more, it that's the case.

Dravokivich · 25-10-2010 5:06pm

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Find it amusing that there are so many people on Facebook that post all of there personal information on their page, and don't keep it private, open to Parents, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, and probably worst of all, potential employers.

My Family knows the kind of guy I am... posting jokes or joining "Groups / Likes" that reflect that... affect me how?

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Just talking to my house mate the other day who is does job interviews for Airtricity and the first thing he does is check if there Facebook page is off private and scours through it, he said the amont of potential employees he's turned down because of it is unbelievable. Some of the groups people join, some of the photos that are viewable of them, the dirty/inappropriate status updates, aswell as some undesirable friends is just unbelievable. It can damage your reputation amongst your family also. Some people won't care about this, but I suspect the majority would.

What use is that? If I was to give you my name, you'd find at least 50 other people with the same name as me to trawl through first. Even if it's on Facebook, posts there aren't considered public domain either...

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Just a heads up to people who don't have their facebook on private.

Heads up... after all the other heads ups on MetroHerald / Sky News / Daily Rags pushing on about how we give out too much details about ourselves?

What's wrong with having a few drinks and a few laughs... and having silly photo's taken of you and put up on your profile?

I think that's pretty dam lame. Judge a canditate on the professionalism they show in the interview, not on their personal life...

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 5:06pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

You probably need to get out more, it that's the case.

oh reply fail!

Sanjuro · 25-10-2010 5:06pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

You probably need to get out more, it that's the case.

I'm sure you mean 'if that's the case.'

ShamoBuc · 25-10-2010 5:12pm

Sanjuro wrote: »

I find it amusing that people still don't know the difference between there, their and they're.

It's not there fault, maybe they're doing it on purpose for there - and others - amusement!!

d.anthony · 25-10-2010 5:15pm

I get more pissed off with the people that are constantly on it. I had a girlfriend that couldn't go 5 mins without checking it. She even had to get her sister to change her password when her exams came around and even then she would go on MINE because she knew my password. It bugged the hell outta me and it was kinda embarrassing...

Micky Dolenz · 25-10-2010 5:16pm

OisinT wrote: »

oh reply fail!

Sanjuro wrote: »

I'm sure you mean 'if that's the case.'

Damn ye,

I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling kids.:pac:

Terry · 25-10-2010 5:18pm

Lemegeton wrote: »

i knew someone who was bringing a case against their landlord because he was a dick and he took forever to fix anything. they were all ready to take him to the cleaners but the landlord found her public facebook page where she had been slagging him off and calling him every name under the sun. the landlord printed these off and threatened to sue for slander. they dropped the case against him :D:D

so yeah if your on facebook you are a moron and if your page is public you are an enormous moron

OisinT wrote: »

Idiots for doing that. Truth and opinion are defences to a claim for defamation. No such thing as slander in this country.

The thing is that it's Facebook who would be in trouble for publishing that stuff.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that they are suing you for slander or defamation of character on Facebook. They can't do it.

They can try to sue Facebook, but not you. It's the same way that if you post something libellous here, it's boards who end up in court.

I read an article about solicitors in Cardiff currently cleaning up with libel and defamation cases against Facebook. Having said that, if you have friends who constantly post stuff like "Terry eats small babies and took a dump in my driveway", then you really need some new friends (unless they are taking the piss, like I'll do later on a friend's wall). You get the idea though. The type of people who are always bitching about their exes or someone they just had a bitchfight with about a pair of shoes or something, who then post skangery updates.

Then there's the fact that if you put up pics of yourself lying in a pool of vomit on that island off the North West coast of Africa where all the skangers go (can't remember the name of it right now), you're just looking for trouble.

VinnyTGM · 25-10-2010 5:18pm

Facebook is a waste of time.

Terry · 25-10-2010 5:19pm

VinnyTGM wrote: »

Facebook is a waste of time.

Not if you use it properly and take the piss out of everyone in a really sublte way.

kkmick · 25-10-2010 5:19pm

Teutorix wrote: »

Takes about 2 minutes to get into somebodys private photo albums

Really??

STIG83 · 25-10-2010 5:24pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

There not all idiots.

This twit who uses Boards is though:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506

The stuff they post make them look like the biggest gobshite in Ireland.

You got me too!! but then i realized my FB is set to fully private

Idiots on Facebook

Comments