lies on facebook

[sammmo]

if sombody told a complete lie about you on face book what would/could you do about it

[Ankou]

it depends what the lie was really, and who it was aimed at.
with constant update on new friends, status updates, my favourite football team, cars, cartoons of the 80's etc etc, all the poking, hugging, sheep throwing, and giving of tequila, life is just too fast and people move on to the next thing and forget what hapened yesterday or even 23 minutes ago when chantelle was 'bored' and 20 minutes ago when chantelles was 'looking forward to the weekend' etc etc.

so all in all, depends on the lie but i "would" just let it go and hope everyone ignores it just like they do most of the above. and then forgotten it tomorrow.

i "could" brush it off with a reply remark that just debunked the lie and made the instigator look stupid, but then that just gets into a he said she said debacle. so id just let life move on as it does.

[4getmenot]

yes I agree depends what it is. My mates know me and thats all that counts

[T&S]

I know of someone in the military who created a group on facebook which made allegations against another serviceman. He was disciplined under the Communicatiins Act 2003, which states:

127 Improper use of public electronic communications network (1) A person is guilty of an offence if he�
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b) causes any such message or matter to be so sent.
(2) A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, he�
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that he knows to be false,
(b) causes such a message to be sent; or
(c) persistently makes use of a public electronic communications network.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to anything done in the course of providing a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)).

Just a thought!

[rinkins]

I agree with 4get, your friends will know you and realise it's a lie. Is it really bad?

[leggysreturn]

Learn from it.
If you have to go on such sites.Which id advise against.But if you have to try to resist the craze to add as many unknow people to your group/page so you appear to have hundreds of friends.theres far too many weirdos on facebook and people trying to harvest information.

keep it small and private.

safest thing is dont go there .its like a magnet for nutters and weirdos.


dth ??

[angel21]

I would probably put a comment saying 'thats a lie' and then remove the person from my friend list. People make their own minds up about people in the end no matter what they've heard

[Ankou]

t&s i would have thought the armed forces act 2006 would have been more appropriate.

[T&S]

AFA 2006 does not come in to practice, bizarrely, until Oct 09!

[Ankou]

some of it yes, it was given royal ascent in 2006 and has been implemeneted in stages thereafter. jsp763 (2006-2009) would have covered the issue you mention.

[sammmo]

thank you all for the tips..i am going to let it ride this time as 4get says all my friends know me.. thanks again

[tezmand]

dont forget to delete that person that lied

[carmy]

just post the truth for all to see...then delete the lier