to think it is usually best to check facts before being outraged?

[Empusa]

I mean, I get the appeal of a bit of outrage, it's always fun to work yourself up into an indignant fury, but...

Surely you just run the risk of looking a bit of a twat if you haven't actually got reality the facts on your side?

Twitter, much as I love it, does seem to fuel this kind of lunacy. Suddenly everyone is tweeting and sharing horror stories. Which is crazy enough, but usually people have got so much on their high horse that they daren't admit they were wrong, so it just runs and runs. And it could all be so easily avoided if people bothered to just check facts first.

I think part of the problem is that FB used to make it really difficult to know whether you were PMing or wall posting. So some of the people saying they have PMs appearing, actually only have wall posts. Either they honestly thought the messages were private back then, or they never realised how visible the wall posts were (or would become).

It looks like there are some cases of PMs being visible, but the majority of messages (on further inspection) tend to be wall posts. So it doesn't seem to be as widespread a problem as first reported.

monster Hehehe

I get that OP, and I use Hoax-Slayer on FB a lot. I dont forward wall posts because most of them tend to be bollocks. Most of my friends are now subscribers to HS thanks to me checking stories and telling them.

I just think that in this case there was no need for another thread (because the FB one is obviously what spawned this one) and especially not one that comes across as mocking. Remember some people will be panicking now, and I don't think your OP helps.

I must be incredibly dull some kind of angel. There's honestly not one single exchange I'd worry about being public

I always think the same when there's invasion of privacy outrage. I couldn't give a flying fuck who saw me walking down bridge street at 5.53 on Wednesday, nor indeed who may have a photo of Ds going down a slide in the background of a photograph

I'm a bit shit at outrage

That said why let something like facts get in the way of a good old rant

I don't have twitter, I'm not outraged, I'm just saying this is happening. I've always had high security settings due to a mad stalker ex-boyfriend, never had open FB and made sure timeline was (supposedly) secure before moving on to it.

shit you got me all worried now

LtEveDallas If every thread that was inspired by another thread was not allowed, then this forum would be dull. And I still think it is worth pointing out that there is no point panicking about something unless you know it is true.

FWIW, while this thread was in part inspired by that thread, it was also inspired by opening my email up to find 10 different chain emails from my MIL, all of them full of outrage about things which are patently untrue.

Mine too. Private messages posted to timeline - both inbox conversations I've had and instant message too. I've deactivated my account for now. Don't think there's anything sinister on there but don't think that's really the point.