DiscoStu

Posted 13 years ago2011-04-01 03:35:08 UTC

Is a bit of privacy too much asking? I'm a member in a forum dedicated to the university I'm in. It's really helpful, I've learned what to do and what not to do, what courses to take, which ones are good, where should I look up information, etc. To make it short, pretty much everything a forum is intended to do.

But then someone asked to meet me. Being the only dumbass without a facebook account or rather, any kind of online identity everyone was curious. After they insisted so fucking much, I gave in and agreed.

They took a photo of me. I specifically asked not to have my photo taken or even uploaded. They still uploaded it to facebook. Now people recognise me around the halls. And there's no way I can request our mutual friend Suckerberg to remove my bloody photo.

Fuck the world, I can't trust anyone.

Strider

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 03:40:52 UTC Comment #62189

This is why Facebook sucks.

Crollo

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 04:16:17 UTC Comment #62201

I fucking hate it when people put up pictures of me without my permission, and I remove the tag and kindly request them to take the fucking thing down, and they go "OH LOL LIGHTEN UP ITS JUST A PICTURE LOL", just makes me feel like punching them straight through the monitor. Fuck off.

DiscoStu

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 04:37:45 UTC Comment #62195

At least you can remove the tag. I can't remove my tag, because I don't have an account

SpaG

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 05:00:22 UTC Comment #62190

Shit sucks. I hate people like that.

Soup Miner

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 05:38:05 UTC Comment #62188

I'm sorry that these people know you.
That's not even a joke, I'm genuinely sorry.

2muchvideogames

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 05:48:18 UTC Comment #62199

to my exp, people aren't known to be considerate of others. Next to my habitat are these dumbasses who play loud music every frickin day, and sometimes late at night. You don't think there are much of this kind of persons but we always get to meet them.

DiscoStu

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 06:11:48 UTC Comment #62196

This is why I'd rather stay away from most people I don't know. I'll undoubtedly end up a hermit and I'm ok with it.

Skals

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 08:03:15 UTC Comment #62192

Wait, so you didn't want them to know who you are, yet they tracked you down took a picture of you and uploaded so everyone knew about it, and now people recognize you around the uni? Is that a bad thing, are they getting rude to you or something for your comments, or did you just not want to talk to them in real life. Well why don't you just ask the person who put it up to remove it, and if he doesn't well, what I would do in this situation is beat him up.

Notewell

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 09:37:57 UTC Comment #62194

Back in the day, Facebook used to be based off the concept that if you don't know someone, you couldn't find them. (Or so I heard)
Now it's just filled with BS. Glad I don't use it, hope I never get my picture/haven't gotten my picture on it.
"I'll undoubtedly end up a hermit and I'm ok with it." Yeah, pretty much. Screw people my age. Most of them are complete idiots.

Captain Terror

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 10:42:38 UTC Comment #62193

i would just create an account with no picture, and remove the tag. probably the best you'll be able to do..

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Crollo

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 17:30:27 UTC Comment #62202

""I'll undoubtedly end up a hermit and I'm ok with it." Yeah, pretty much. Screw people my age. Most of them are complete idiots."

Yeah, live your life away from the idiots of this generation, then live on to the next generation [Adults] and THEN begin the large mount of your socializing life. Hmm, maybe not, but considering the average IQ of this generation I think it would probably make some form of sense.

DiscoStu

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-01 20:50:11 UTC Comment #62197

@Skals: A handful of them are classmates so I sort of know them. They didn't need a big effort. They just sent a private message begging on their knees for me to show up at a group meeting. So after all that I gave in and showed up.

@Captain: If only the tag was of any use. They already know everybody else, so by elimination that can only be me.

Lesson learned. Never again do this. I'd much prefer to show up at a TWHL meeting, you guys would probably respect my wish not to have my photo taken or at least uploaded into the wild of the internet.

Blitzkrieg

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-02 00:10:25 UTC Comment #62191

Just out of curiosity, what harm will come of this photo?

DiscoStu

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-02 01:32:34 UTC Comment #62198

None really. I just don't want pictures of me loose on the internet jungle.

brendanmint

Commented 13 years ago2011-04-02 08:18:48 UTC Comment #62200

Does almost everyone on TWHL hate most people in their age group? (I do)

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