Facebook Etiquette

[jomifl]

An aquaintance of mine recently posted on her Fb page photos of friends taken in their home and without their permission. I was surprised and they were shocked, is this acceptable? do other people do this? It seems like a gross invasion of privacy to me, any comments?

[2sp_]

I tend not to post photos on FB of friends or family without asking them first. I did feel a bit uncomfortable after photos of our wedding were plastered all over FB as some of them were decidedly dodgy (in a "caught by surprise with one eye shut" sort of way, not "special honeymoon" dodgy).

I understand what bednobs is saying, it could be seen as the same as showing your friends photos in your own house, but not everyone has their FB settings at Friends Only. So in some cases, it could be seen more like someone posting photos on billboards.

Everyone has a different sense of privacy I guess.

[SlackAlice]

I have a FB page and it's set to friends only. Mainly used to keep track of our widespread family and has just a couple of very close friends on there. I have no objections to my photo being taken and posted there.

If anyone tags your name to any photo you do not like, you do have the option to 'untag' it and it cannot be re-tagged.

[2sp_]

You can have your own page set to friends only and post a photo. Then any of your friends can see it and, more importantly, share it. That photo could then be made public via that share.

As I've said I only put photos of myself (rarely though!), Mr P and the kids. I'm still very aware of the type and content of those photos in case it is shared to the world.

[naomi24]

Jom, I agree. It is a gross invasion of privacy. I don't use Facebook specifically because I think it's intrusive, but there are pictures of me on there, and information about me, posted by other people without my permission.

[jomifl]

Of the 2 friends I mentioned above, the husband was furious and the wife was nearly hysterical, so thats OK? I think not.

[society]

I wouldn't like my pictures to be posted anywhere without my knowledge.

[joko]

it depends on the content of the pics - if its just a framed print and lamp behind their head, then i see no problem.

problem is when some people go mad with taking pics and take shots of more personal stuff, or the ins and outs of the house etc then i'd think it was a bit weird - and pointless.

[Traci66]

My facebook page is set to friends only, but I do not post pictures of my grandchildren on there, if their parents want the children's photos on their page, that's up to them, I just save them to my photos on the iPad.

[Mamyalynne]

With regard to the 'Ming vase' scenario, surely they should only worry if they were holding up a placard with their address on it, a huge overreaction to me.

[RATTER15]

I think it depends on who is posting and who is in the photo, I have posted photos on FB of close friends but I would never post an unflattering pic of females, you do that and you are in grave danger, you know what women are like!! A friend once told me that the pic I posted of her was a horrible pic, she was fine about it I took it off immediately, it seemed fine to me. I will nearly always ask Carakeel before I post a pic of her, she likes to vet them first, bless her :-) I think it is just a case of being respectful and knowing the person/s concerned.

[Prudie]

It's not really about how you have your FB privacy settings it's about other people taking pics at parties, do's and restaurants etc and posting pictures on their page. I can fully understand why some people don't like it but I believe it's common practice.

[RATTER15]

I have been rather shocked at some of the younger girls I work with when they put up pics of their friends half naked or drunk and sat on the loo, passed out etc. That's just the younger generation I think and not all of them either, but some are very near the mark, I'm not easily shocked but...

[ummmm]

Who really pays attention to strangers in photos?

[whiskeryron]

Anyone who uses F/B has only themselves to blame for what is published on it.



WR.

[Mamyalynne]

The whole planet could view my FB page, guarantee they would be yawning after less than a minute.

[naomi24]

//Who really pays attention to strangers in photos? //

They're not necessarily strangers when they're posted on pages where people have lots of friends and associates viewing.

[2sp_]

But, WR, what about people that don't have a FB account but still have others posting photos or information about them?

For instance, a friend of mine abhors FB and therefore won't have an account. She went to a private function and let her hair down. Next day her daughter called her to ask if she had enjoyed doing the conga round the car park. Turns out someone at the party took photos (my friend has no problem with that in itself) and posted them on their public FB page.

I think it could be naive to assume that it's only people who have FB accounts that are exposed to this publication of their lives.

If people would exercise a bit more common sense and discretion when it comes to FB we wouldn't need to worry about stuff like this.

[whiskeryron]

http://worldtruth.tv/what-facebook-and-google-are-hiding-from-the-world/

WR.

[woofgang]

Ron, I don't know the young man who owns the site, but from his own description of himself, i wouldn't call him an unbiased source of information

"Eddie L. is the founder and owner of WorldTruth.TV. This website is dedicated to educating and informing people with articles on powerful and concealed information from around the world. I have spent the last 30+ years researching Bible, History, Secret Societies, Symbolism, and Kabbalah"

He's left out the bit about the Queen being a blue lizard, but covered just about everything else

[China Doll]

I have pictures of my newly born nephew, the man hostage and my mum and step-dad on my FB page but the albulms they are in are customised so only people they know and area aware of (basically relatives and a few close friends) can see them. You can actually make FB as private or as public as you want.