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[hearing_touch]

I had an epiphany today about Facebook

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[wasplisbeth]

People conveniently forget what horrible people they were and hope that you do too. I'd add them, get access to their personal information and spread it all over the internet. Outside of what facebook already does.

ooc: this exact thing happened to me. kids who made fun of me in middle school want to add me!

[hearing_touch]

I don't think I'm tech savvy enough to do something like that. But it's just so weird how people think all of that stuff goes away. It's one of those 'things said can not be unsaid' things.

ooc; omg that's what prompted this. I wasn't teased when I was overseas but when I moved to america I got teased ALL the time and now all these awful people are trying to add me as a friend. :/ What is wrong with people ehy!

[wasplisbeth]

All you'd need is print screens of their pictures and posts along with the email directory for their work. It is stunning how many people post incriminating shit about themselves. I have to wonder if they truly forget or delude themselves into forgetting.

I've had people I went to school with make up complete and utter lies about me and put it in the paper.

ooc: are you adding them back? I straight out asked one of the people 'didn't you make fun of me in high school?' And they said no. People are fucked up.

[hearing_touch]

That's always another thing I don't get about facebook, why people post such things when they know other people can read them. It seems so silly. I knew a teacher in the same district as me who got fired for posting something inappropriate that students could see because she'd added half of them. I never added a student, even when they requested because that's my personal life, and none of their business.

Oh that's awful. I never had anyone post anything in the paper. But I did get a lot of verbal and physical hell. I'm not sure which is worse though.

ooc; oh hell no! I hope they get a big old 'declined' message. I decline most requests actually, I don't add people I don't really know and I don't add work friends unless its from a previous job, so that kinda limits friends on there xD

[hearing_touch]

I usually just reject them because I don't have the heart to tell them how much of an asshole they were.

[hearing_touch]

Facebook has a tendency to make people stupid.

The funniest part about it all is I have NO idea who these people are until I actually THINK about it. But yet, they remembered me and sought me out on Facebook. So they sure like me a lot for people who apparently 'thought I should fall off the face of the planet'.

Maybe that's just my sick sense of humor.

[nerdherdchuck]

It would be nice if people like that at least sent along a note saying something like, 'Hey, I know I was a jerk and all, but I hope you can forgive me.'

[hearing_touch]

I think a lot of people don't even think about that sort of thing you know? But it would be nice if they did. I've had some people apologize through the years though. The ones who are actually sorry for what they done. Though I don't need it, to be honest. If they do that's nice if not then that's fine too.

[nerdherdchuck]

I didn't mean to say they need to, but would you be more likely to add someone that teased you who at least was making an effort to say they changed?

[hearing_touch]

Oh I didn't mean to sound so defensive about it.

I'd add someone who teased me if they were making a concentrated effort to try and make amends yeah. I dunno, I think all in all I'm too old to be on facebook anyway.