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This is just how I always have my profile though, I've never had any desire to have my stuff viewable by people who weren't my friends.
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I agree with a sentiment that if school is questioning absence of a Facebook page - it is not worth going to. This is not Soviet Union and people should have an expectation of privacy and be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Besides, there are legitimate reasons to change your name on Facebook like a stocker.
 
SunsFun said:
I agree with a sentiment that if school is questioning absence of a Facebook page - it is not worth going to. This is not Soviet Union and people should have an expectation of privacy and be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Besides, there are legitimate reasons to change your name on Facebook like a stocker.
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I'm curious to know what's a "stocker", so I can be on the lookout.

Also, the US is heading in the direction of the Soviet Union with the NSA keeping confidential records of our phone calls etc... curious to know what Snowden and other leakers have found so far, but that's besides the point.
 
IncognitoGuy said:
I think it was more that the comment drew attention to him - then people started connecting the dots between his FB account/SDN account and a past history with comments of a questionable nature crept up.
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I thought the whole story was just one big joke...
 
How did it all start with that guy? Was the school patrolling SDN and came across his not-so-nice comments and started digging in?
 
IncognitoGuy said:
Hardly. It happened - ColeSmalls ended up buying gold donor, changing his name and disappearing from SDN. Pretty much any pre-med's worst nightmare.
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Lol, that guy was a total joke. Nice self-implosion he did there.
 
SunsFun said:
How did it all start with that guy? Was the school patrolling SDN and came across his not-so-nice comments and started digging in?
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The comments were made on the school's facebook page - I don't know if it's known whether someone reported his comments to the school or if the school was monitoring that facebook group. His SDN identity was easily identified from his facebook profile. I'm not sure if more comments were found after his SDN profile was discovered.

The take-away point I got from that fiasco - don't be public on SDN if you make comments you wouldn't want everyone linking to you (whether that is sharing personal info or making controversial statements or in this case, potentially offensive statements).

And I don't think it needs to be said to watch what you say in a facebook group - that probably isn't something that most of us need to worry about though. I can't imagine getting into a verbal argument on facebook with future classmates, or anyone for that matter.
 
CityLights said:
The comments were made on the school's facebook page - I don't know if it's known whether someone reported his comments to the school or if the school was monitoring that facebook group. His SDN identity was easily identified from his facebook profile. I'm not sure if more comments were found after his SDN profile was discovered.

The take-away point I got from that fiasco - don't be public on SDN if you make comments you wouldn't want everyone linking to you (whether that is sharing personal info or making controversial statements or in this case, potentially offensive statements).

And I don't think it needs to be said to watch what you say in a facebook group - that probably isn't something that most of us need to worry about though. I can't imagine getting into a verbal argument on facebook with future classmates, or anyone for that matter.
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This.

He had also been in an argument with a member on SDN who some suspect actually contacted the school and complained about his behavior both on SDN and facebook.
 
Ost3oclast said:
This.

He had also been in an argument with a member on SDN who some suspect actually contacted the school and complained about his behavior both on SDN and facebook.
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yeah..... SDNers gonna SDN. Thats why I always get on this website assuming everyone is a socially awkward psycopath.
 
U Wot M8 said:
yeah..... SDNers gonna SDN. Thats why I always get on this website assuming everyone is a socially awkward psycopath.
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I changed my last name on FB. My grandma thought I got married. That's when I also made it a policy not to friend relatives. Still no regrets 👍
 
One thing that's risky is listing your political or religious affiliations on FB. I mean, what if the adcom checks your FB and sees you have "Communism" listed as your political belief?
 
U Wot M8 said:
yeah..... SDNers gonna SDN. Thats why I always get on this website assuming everyone is a socially awkward psycopath.
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weird. i always thought everyone was either a cool dude or a very attractive female... 😳😳😳😳
 
Radon XP said:
One thing that's risky is listing your political or religious affiliations on FB. I mean, what if the adcom checks your FB and sees you have "Communism" listed as your political belief?
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they would be happy. communism is the best political system. it doesn't work because an average person is a useful idiot
 
Radon XP said:
One thing that's risky is listing your political or religious affiliations on FB. I mean, what if the adcom checks your FB and sees you have "Communism" listed as your political belief?
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that's why my religion is prime numbers
 
If we can't google or fb search and find my fb profile, then we should be good right? or is there some other way that I haven't thought about lol
 
hopefulMD12 said:
If we can't google or fb search and find my fb profile, then we should be good right? or is there some other way that I haven't thought about lol
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I would make sure i actually knew all of my friends, and I'd probably make sure there wasn't any unprofessional content anyway.
 
Doctor Strange said:
Hi, James Franco. That is all.

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When he died at the end of "This is the End" I was legitimately sad. Why couldn't he just keep his big mouth shut and go to heaven?! He's been my man crush ever since I first watched Freaks and Geeks.

Radon XP said:
One thing that's risky is listing your political or religious affiliations on FB. I mean, what if the adcom checks your FB and sees you have "Communism" listed as your political belief?
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I honestly wouldn't want to go to a school that rejects me because of my religion, or because I have "socialism" or "capitalism" under my political beliefs.

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LuciusVorenus said:
When he died at the end of "This is the End" I was legitimately sad. Why couldn't he just keep his big mouth shut and go to heaven?! He's been my man crush ever since I first watched Freaks and Geeks.



I honestly wouldn't want to go to a school that rejects me because of my religion, or because I have "socialism" or "capitalism" under my political beliefs.

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Strong bump.
 
Mine says I live in a city in a certain Northern European country and I even put their local high school and university in my education. 😉
 
Agent B said:
I'm curious to know what's a "stocker", so I can be on the lookout.
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Haha!

Personally, I don't mind if they look at our facebooks because that's just another way for them to check to see if they are who we're telling them we are. Just be careful as to what you put online.
 
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