Facebook - a penny for your thoughts.......

[illdecide]

There are a lot of nineteen-year-olds ruining their lives with Facebook. The rate of development of communications technology is far outstripping that of the skills to use it properly and safely.

I think if used properly it's a great tool but as you say and this is what's happening the young ones are telling their life stories on Facebook and it's coming back to haunt some of them. Who cares if you're hungry or if you're bored or just curled one around the U bend...

My nephew crashed into the back of a guy (at v low speed) and the guy sued him for whiplash and loss of earnings but the fool had it on facebook a few days later telling everyone how well he played in the soccer match that day and how he's looking forward to other activities including sports and holidays, his profile was not private and my sister printed out these pages and gave them to her solicitor. The lad got a few hundred quid to fix his car and the compensation claim was thrown out...fool

[saffron sam2]

On the flip-side I found this story quite refreshing
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/michaela-mcareaveyrsquos-murder-brings-loyalist-leader-to-gaa-heartland-15061199.html

That's very uplifting.

Good story and by no means a one-off gesture by this club and their spokesperson.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

I don't think it's right for that photograper who made the facebook remarks to be persecuted. She might be a right b!tch but it seems like free speech only applies most of the time. When it comes to a really sensitive issue like Michaela's death you better be careful what you say or you'll have the lynch - mob after you. It looks like she'll lose her job, be demonised and stained for life over some bitchy remarks on a facebook page. The consequences hardly seem proportionate to what she did. If the media hadn't jumped on this, how many people would have seen her comments in any case?

I'm not defending what she said but I don't think she deserves to have her life ruined. A kick in the hole from a good friend would probably have sufficed.

Just a silly bigotted little girl who needs to grow up. Not a national news story. Move over, nothing to see here.

[STREET FIGHTER]

Did anyone see the Sunday Life yesterday?

It had a spread on some photographer lass dishing the coverage of the tragedy of Michaela's murder via BookFace.

Seemed a classy girl!! 

Sunday Life

Highly embarrsing and offensive from a 19 year old child.

Her friends and peers should feel so proud........

Unfortunately Facebook provides such a vile individual the oppurtunity to air such opinions.

As previously stated just better to ignore.

[Norf Tyrone]

There are a lot of nineteen-year-olds ruining their lives with Facebook. The rate of development of communications technology is far outstripping that of the skills to use it properly and safely.

I think if used properly it's a great tool but as you say and this is what's happening the young ones are telling their life stories on Facebook and it's coming back to haunt some of them. Who cares if you're hungry or if you're bored or just curled one around the U bend...

My nephew crashed into the back of a guy (at v low speed) and the guy sued him for whiplash and loss of earnings but the fool had it on facebook a few days later telling everyone how well he played in the soccer match that day and how he's looking forward to other activities including sports and holidays, his profile was not private and my sister printed out these pages and gave them to her solicitor. The lad got a few hundred quid to fix his car and the compensation claim was thrown out...fool

I think that's brilliant. I hate claim chasers!

[imtommygunn]

While the girl proved she was an idiot it was hardly a newsworthy story and to me reflected the kind of story that the sunday life likes to print.

Don't get me wrong she deserves a lot of crap for what she said but it is hardly a "national" news story.

illdecide that is a great story - it just illustrates how stupid some people are. a) there are privacy settings b) that aside you hardly should publicise that kind of info if you were trying a scam.

The internet is great in many regards however it provides a vehicle for stupid / twisted / bitter people to have a voice and people give it time. A lot of these people wouldn't be given the time of day in the real world. Some threads on here would be a prime example of that too.

[thebigfella]

Anyone know what was said to upset Gregory?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12284294

[gerry]

Going by todays herald she has lost her job

[ross4life]

http://www.oliandalex.com/james-face/

[ONeill]

That's funny.

Good man Ross - cheered up a crappy day

[Tony Baloney]

That's funny.

Good man Ross - cheered up a crappy day

Very clever O'Neill.

[muppet]

[ONeill]

Saw this very accurate piece on F365.

A Guide to the Twattery of Facebook Status Changes

Any status change, however apparently innocent or innocuous, is, at its heart, an attention seeking, self important and pathetic attempt to assign meaning to one's life and should be treated with utter contempt. However, before deciding on whether the person should be deleted from your friend list, it is worth noting that each change falls into certain categories, varying in levels of twatishness.

1.) The 'I am doing something that nobody should give a toss about' status

e.g. 'Mark is eating a delicious curry'

Whilst this falls into the only 'mildly annoying' category, it should still be treated with contempt for the reason that the person assumes that anyone should actually give a sh*t that they are eating a curry, or about to get their hair cut, or about to jump out of the first floor window balls first because the chefs spunked into their food and gave them herpes. However, it is not grossly offensive because rather than displaying obnoxious levels of self-importance, it is more of a slightly depressing and pathetic muted death-yelp for attention.

2.) The 'I lead a more exciting, fulfilling, and sociable life than you' status

e.g 'Rob is at Milan airport after a stressful week of work and looking forward to hitting the bars in Camden this weekend'

Whilst on first appearances this type of status may appear to fit into category one, it is the deliberate subtle implications of such a change that elevate it to supertwatishness. Your friend is not simply stating that he is tired and looking forward to relaxing – he is forcing you to acknowledge that he has some kind of successful and important job and that to top it off, yes – he actually has a f**king awesome social life aswell. Treat with utter scorn.

3.) The 'I am an attention seeking drama queen and my emotional life is of great importance to everyone' status

e.g 'Kelly is wondering whether she has made the right decision and hopes she will finally find some happiness'

Such status changes are perhaps the most despicable out of all categories. First, because of the sensationalist tone, rather than hint that they would quite like some t**ser to care, they actually demand a response. Rather than ignore them like the majority of subtle attention seeks, the close friends of this person must reply with a tone of caring inquisition. Instead of just thinking 'I wouldn't give a crap if you were vomiting with anxiety about the meaningless of your sorry existence' and cracking open the porn, the friend is forced to make up some sh*t and pretend they are losing sleep over the whole pathetic charade.

4.) The 'My love life needs to be visible to half the internet' status

e.g. 'Julia is thinking why bother with men'

Firstly, f**k off – its noboby's business but your own. Secondly, there are things you are not telling us in your stupid little soundbite – like the fact that getting drunk, acting like a slag, and getting your tits out to a passer by on the way home probably didn't help matters did it? But frame it on Facebook for 200 people to see and whilst he adopts the image of a sh*t on a shoe, you come across as a beacon of holiness. How would you like it if he changed his status to 'is still trying wash her puke off my best shirt'? Exactly, so shut your face.

5.) The 'something completely random, obscure, and incomprehensible' status

e.g 'Brian is spinning his balls at the speed of light!'

Similar to category 3 offence in that it annoyingly demands a response, but differs in the sense that the arrogance derives from the fact that it assumes that their friends can be f**ked to inquire about the randomness, or worse pander to their ego by bothering to decode it. If you find yourself responding in a similarly obscure and witty manner, then all hope is lost.

See these categories more and more now and was starting to dislike people I like - deleted as many as I could to save my sanity.

[Doogie Browser]

Saw this very accurate piece on F365.

A Guide to the Twattery of Facebook Status Changes

Any status change, however apparently innocent or innocuous, is, at its heart, an attention seeking, self important and pathetic attempt to assign meaning to one’s life and should be treated with utter contempt. However, before deciding on whether the person should be deleted from your friend list, it is worth noting that each change falls into certain categories, varying in levels of twatishness.

1.) The ‘I am doing something that nobody should give a toss about’ status

e.g. ‘Mark is eating a delicious curry’

Whilst this falls into the only ‘mildly annoying’ category, it should still be treated with contempt for the reason that the person assumes that anyone should actually give a sh*t that they are eating a curry, or about to get their hair cut, or about to jump out of the first floor window balls first because the chefs spunked into their food and gave them herpes. However, it is not grossly offensive because rather than displaying obnoxious levels of self-importance, it is more of a slightly depressing and pathetic muted death-yelp for attention.

2.) The ‘I lead a more exciting, fulfilling, and sociable life than you’ status

e.g ‘Rob is at Milan airport after a stressful week of work and looking forward to hitting the bars in Camden this weekend’

Whilst on first appearances this type of status may appear to fit into category one, it is the deliberate subtle implications of such a change that elevate it to supertwatishness. Your friend is not simply stating that he is tired and looking forward to relaxing – he is forcing you to acknowledge that he has some kind of successful and important job and that to top it off, yes – he actually has a f**king awesome social life aswell. Treat with utter scorn.

3.) The ‘I am an attention seeking drama queen and my emotional life is of great importance to everyone’ status

e.g ‘Kelly is wondering whether she has made the right decision and hopes she will finally find some happiness’

Such status changes are perhaps the most despicable out of all categories. First, because of the sensationalist tone, rather than hint that they would quite like some t**ser to care, they actually demand a response. Rather than ignore them like the majority of subtle attention seeks, the close friends of this person must reply with a tone of caring inquisition. Instead of just thinking ‘I wouldn’t give a crap if you were vomiting with anxiety about the meaningless of your sorry existence’ and cracking open the porn, the friend is forced to make up some sh*t and pretend they are losing sleep over the whole pathetic charade.

4.) The ‘My love life needs to be visible to half the internet’ status

e.g. ‘Julia is thinking why bother with men’

Firstly, f**k off – its noboby’s business but your own. Secondly, there are things you are not telling us in your stupid little soundbite – like the fact that getting drunk, acting like a slag, and getting your tits out to a passer by on the way home probably didn’t help matters did it? But frame it on Facebook for 200 people to see and whilst he adopts the image of a sh*t on a shoe, you come across as a beacon of holiness. How would you like it if he changed his status to ‘is still trying wash her puke off my best shirt’? Exactly, so shut your face.

5.) The ’something completely random, obscure, and incomprehensible’ status

e.g ‘Brian is spinning his balls at the speed of light!’

Similar to category 3 offence in that it annoyingly demands a response, but differs in the sense that the arrogance derives from the fact that it assumes that their friends can be f**ked to inquire about the randomness, or worse pander to their ego by bothering to decode it. If you find yourself responding in a similarly obscure and witty manner, then all hope is lost.

See these categories more and more now and was starting to dislike people I like - deleted as many as I could to save my sanity.

Had this very debate in the pub over Christmas, it is funny how FB can change your opinion on people, we were saying that maybe it isn't fair to judge them on their FB persona but i dunno I think it shows what people are really like.
I know some sad bastards who lived out their relationship break up via Facebook - embarrassing - but very funny

[ziggysego]

Saw this very accurate piece on F365.

A Guide to the Twattery of Facebook Status Changes

Any status change, however apparently innocent or innocuous, is, at its heart, an attention seeking, self important and pathetic attempt to assign meaning to one's life and should be treated with utter contempt. However, before deciding on whether the person should be deleted from your friend list, it is worth noting that each change falls into certain categories, varying in levels of twatishness.

1.) The 'I am doing something that nobody should give a toss about' status

e.g. 'Mark is eating a delicious curry'

Whilst this falls into the only 'mildly annoying' category, it should still be treated with contempt for the reason that the person assumes that anyone should actually give a sh*t that they are eating a curry, or about to get their hair cut, or about to jump out of the first floor window balls first because the chefs spunked into their food and gave them herpes. However, it is not grossly offensive because rather than displaying obnoxious levels of self-importance, it is more of a slightly depressing and pathetic muted death-yelp for attention.

2.) The 'I lead a more exciting, fulfilling, and sociable life than you' status

e.g 'Rob is at Milan airport after a stressful week of work and looking forward to hitting the bars in Camden this weekend'

Whilst on first appearances this type of status may appear to fit into category one, it is the deliberate subtle implications of such a change that elevate it to supertwatishness. Your friend is not simply stating that he is tired and looking forward to relaxing – he is forcing you to acknowledge that he has some kind of successful and important job and that to top it off, yes – he actually has a f**king awesome social life aswell. Treat with utter scorn.

3.) The 'I am an attention seeking drama queen and my emotional life is of great importance to everyone' status

e.g 'Kelly is wondering whether she has made the right decision and hopes she will finally find some happiness'

Such status changes are perhaps the most despicable out of all categories. First, because of the sensationalist tone, rather than hint that they would quite like some t**ser to care, they actually demand a response. Rather than ignore them like the majority of subtle attention seeks, the close friends of this person must reply with a tone of caring inquisition. Instead of just thinking 'I wouldn't give a crap if you were vomiting with anxiety about the meaningless of your sorry existence' and cracking open the porn, the friend is forced to make up some sh*t and pretend they are losing sleep over the whole pathetic charade.

4.) The 'My love life needs to be visible to half the internet' status

e.g. 'Julia is thinking why bother with men'

Firstly, f**k off – its noboby's business but your own. Secondly, there are things you are not telling us in your stupid little soundbite – like the fact that getting drunk, acting like a slag, and getting your tits out to a passer by on the way home probably didn't help matters did it? But frame it on Facebook for 200 people to see and whilst he adopts the image of a sh*t on a shoe, you come across as a beacon of holiness. How would you like it if he changed his status to 'is still trying wash her puke off my best shirt'? Exactly, so shut your face.

5.) The 'something completely random, obscure, and incomprehensible' status

e.g 'Brian is spinning his balls at the speed of light!'

Similar to category 3 offence in that it annoyingly demands a response, but differs in the sense that the arrogance derives from the fact that it assumes that their friends can be f**ked to inquire about the randomness, or worse pander to their ego by bothering to decode it. If you find yourself responding in a similarly obscure and witty manner, then all hope is lost.

See these categories more and more now and was starting to dislike people I like - deleted as many as I could to save my sanity.

Only 3 and 4 on that list annoys me.