Case study: Why to be careful with Facebook party invitations

kraznyi_oktjabr · 06-05-11, 11:04 AM

Facebook party spins out of control

BERLIN --
Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.
A teenage girl in Germany who forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook fled her own party when more than 1,500 guests showed up and around 100 police officers, some on horses, were needed to keep the crowd under control.

Read more: http://www.heraldonline.com/2011/06/...#ixzz1OPzBSRvX

Torplexed · 06-05-11, 11:31 AM

Facebook. More nuisance than necessity.

danasan · 06-05-11, 11:44 AM

It could have been worse...

about 15,000 "followers" were expected to visit her birthday party.

Armistead · 06-05-11, 11:45 AM

I have FB, although I probably look at it once a month, but seems many friends and family think they have to post about every aspect of their lives on it.

Jimbuna · 06-05-11, 11:58 AM

I've anaccount but I can't remember the last time I accessed it.

Besides...I don't have many friends and stopped celebrating birthdays years ago

Betonov · 06-05-11, 12:34 PM

I have about 50 friends on FB, and about 100 ''friends'' that are varius services, establishments and activities. Not much to communicate but I always know if there's a hail warning in my parts

Castout · 06-05-11, 05:19 PM

Umm I don't have any real true friends.

But if there was nemesister or ways to connect to your enemies I think I would have a zillion

Connect your enemies maybe you'll find those who share them.

JU_88 · 06-05-11, 05:33 PM

FB is over rated, there is Huge difference between an 'FB friend' and a 'real friend'.
I have 120+ FB friends or so - but i consider less than a dozen of them to be TRUE friends, the rest are aquaintences, ex work collegues, ex GF's and old class mates etc, people who I would not be in contact with under 20th century standards.

Sometimes I think it should be called Moanbook, since many (especially the female variety) seem to use it as a platform to have a winge about lifes little misgivings, usually in a bid to get some undeserved sympathy

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As for the gate crashing party thing in the OP, that has already happened at least 3 times here in the UK, face book need to fix their sh1t to make the privacy settings clearer to the less savy users.

06-05-11, 11:04 AM	#1
kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Case study: Why to be careful with Facebook party invitations Facebook party spins out of control BERLIN -- Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online. A teenage girl in Germany who forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook fled her own party when more than 1,500 guests showed up and around 100 police officers, some on horses, were needed to keep the crowd under control. Read more: http://www.heraldonline.com/2011/06/...#ixzz1OPzBSRvX __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

06-05-11, 11:31 AM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Facebook. More nuisance than necessity. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

06-05-11, 11:44 AM	#3
danasan Elite Spam Hunter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Flensburg / Germany Posts: 1,141 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	It could have been worse... about 15,000 "followers" were expected to visit her birthday party. __________________ "I invite you to go inside this submergible hole in the water where you can nicely hide from destroyers."

06-05-11, 11:58 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I've anaccount but I can't remember the last time I accessed it. Besides...I don't have many friends and stopped celebrating birthdays years ago __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-05-11, 05:19 PM	#7
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Umm I don't have any real true friends. But if there was nemesister or ways to connect to your enemies I think I would have a zillion Connect your enemies maybe you'll find those who share them. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

06-05-11, 11:45 AM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I have FB, although I probably look at it once a month, but seems many friends and family think they have to post about every aspect of their lives on it.

06-05-11, 12:34 PM	#6
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I have about 50 friends on FB, and about 100 ''friends'' that are varius services, establishments and activities. Not much to communicate but I always know if there's a hail warning in my parts

06-05-11, 05:33 PM	#8
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	FB is over rated, there is Huge difference between an 'FB friend' and a 'real friend'. I have 120+ FB friends or so - but i consider less than a dozen of them to be TRUE friends, the rest are aquaintences, ex work collegues, ex GF's and old class mates etc, people who I would not be in contact with under 20th century standards. Sometimes I think it should be called Moanbook, since many (especially the female variety) seem to use it as a platform to have a winge about lifes little misgivings, usually in a bid to get some undeserved sympathy . As for the gate crashing party thing in the OP, that has already happened at least 3 times here in the UK, face book need to fix their sh1t to make the privacy settings clearer to the less savy users. Last edited by JU_88; 06-05-11 at 05:47 PM.