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Please read the article. They didn't do anything. Someone else added them to a group called Queer Choir. They were not prompted to join. Then it was added to al
by varikin 14y ago
Please read the article. They didn't do anything. Someone else added them to a group called Queer Choir. They were not prompted to join. Then it was added to all their friends' timelines that they were now in this group, including parents. At no time, did the student do anything. In fact, they had privacy controls setup to not show have updates posted to their parents timeline be default.
- bmelton 14y agoFor what it's worth, my response wasn't to the article, but to the GP from jgrahamc. I acknowledge that the event in question wasn't a result of something the users in question did -- but that illustrates my point all the more that Facebook should be avoided. Somewhat more ontopic, I'm a little hesitant to accede that someone adding you to a group makes you a member of that group in spirit. Sure, perhaps it convinces some folks that it's true, but so what? If somebody adds me to an open group entitled "People who hate women", I think it's easy enough for me to say "I didn't join this group, and I don't hate women. If I happened to actually hate women, I could see that being slightly more touchy, but whether or not anyone joins me to said group doesn't do anything to stop someone from simply accusing me of hating women, which is the same net effect (I believe). I'm sympathetic to those affected, but am generally unforgiving of anyone surprised that Facebook screwed something up.
- rossjudson 14y agoYou might see a change if one of Zuck's friends adds him to the "I LIKE SMASHING KITTENS" group. And another adds him to the "Fuck you, I'm rich." group.