Facebook users have their fair share of problems right from managing their account to becoming victims of Facebook comments to privacy problems to impostors creating havoc.
Here are few stories about Facebook users for the week.
Recently in India, 16 school students were suspended for a month for posting abusive comments about one of their female teacher. It all started when one student who got a zero, went online to show his displeasure and got 15 of his classmates trapped when they chipped in with their comments. Thankfully, their parents requested the authority to review their decision. The 16 students will now have to only devote six hours of community service before Dec 20, look after the school notice and display boards, and write an essay as well as prepare a presentation on the merits and de-merits of internet and present it in the morning assembly. Reportedly, some parents are still not happy with the decision. Personally, I think it is heaven comparing with the initial decision of suspension for one month.
Moving to Australia, singer Ella Hooper of The Verses is reportedly at the centre of Facebook scandal due to racist comments that brands Thai people as “Asian pigs” and “stupid people” on her Facebook account. Luckily, the Facebook account was created and ran by an impostor, who was communicating with over 5000 fans. The fake account is apparently removed now after the singer requested Facebook to look into the matter. Fans can find the real Ella and her brother Jesse and communicate with them directly via The Verses Facebook page.
Meanwhile, an unfortunate man, James Woron, also caught up in the dirty web of Facebook impersonation. His fake Facebook page was filled with derogatory comments about women and gays and graced with the picture of convicted sex-offender and disgraced hockey coach Graham James. He reportedly heard about it when the wife of an old friend contacted him to let him know that she was upset for his comment about the name of their new baby. Saddest part of all, this man never had a Facebook page.
Coming back to becoming the victim of Facebook comments, a Whitman-Hanson Regional High School junior varsity soccer player was suspended from sports for the rest of the year for reportedly posting “what the school administrators are calling unsportsmanlike comments” on his Facebook page after a game against Duxbury High School. The student was not identified by the authorities due to privacy reasons.
These are some incidents when Facebook can become your nemesis, whether you are an active user or a non-user. Be very thoughtful about what you post, then you will be safe from at least one pit falls of social networking.
{ 0 comments }
