Anybody here ever been Fraped?

[triple5]

Just came across this term - it means when somebody gets into your facebook account and posts things which may be embarrassing. I only came across this when a friend on my facebook list had "liked" a post a girl had made, which read, "I could do with a big :censored: up my :censored: right now." :omg:

After many many "likes" off guys she posted apologizing for getting their hopes up, but somebody had stole her phone and she'd been fraped.

[Doc Alan]

It's a well recognized term, although not yet in the Oxford English Dictionary (the new edition will only be available on line).
However, it need not happen. Your settings can be such that only your friends can access your site, you make sure you actually know your friends (it's said that 150 is the maximum anyone can expect to realistically retain as friends) ,only you know your password, and report immediately any loss or theft of cellphone or any other device with access to facebook.

[Dedworth]

I said recently on a now deleted thread I've never subscribed to any of these so called "social networking" sites as they are frequented by gossipers, con artists, wind up merchants, shysters, back stabbers etc.

I'm a busy man with a life to lead and have more important things to worry about than who's wallpapered my wall, invited me to pick their nose etc etc.

More trouble than they are worth as recent fall outs, bannings etc on here might indicate

[JimOttley]

There are some good ones for hobbyists Dedworth, like Flickr for photographers and I am a also member of a couple of small ones, one fairly private one for Scottish enthusiasts of a particular motor car, mostly good friends of mine :)

You get flame wars and arguments and fall outs on all of them even on Flickr but largely it's fairly civilized.

I have a fake hidden Facebook account, not in my name but only because my Scottish daughter asked me to get one about 5 years back (I think it was around then).

I was just not prepared to put that much info out there on myself on a site like FB although in reality I have probably posted more intimate personal information here.

I agree with you about Facebook though, I don't use it unless I need some data from it.

Flickr on the other hand has, for me, been a great place to make new friends, like minds and all that and filipinouk has been a life saver, in some ways, for me over the last year!


Jim

[Dedworth]

Seems like no-ones been "Fraped"

As I said it won't happen to me as like a few others on here I have no intention of signing up to so called "social network" sites

[triple5]

:Erm: what do you think this is here :Erm:

[fred]

my facebook list had "liked" a post a girl had made, which read, "I could do with a big http://filipinaroses.com/images/smilies/censored.gif up my http://filipinaroses.com/images/smilies/censored.gif right now." http://filipinaroses.com/images/smilies/omg.gif

Perhaps she really did write it whilst drunk..Regretted it in the morning and shouted Frape?

I have an account but for family members only and a couple of mates.

[Dedworth]

:Erm: what do you think this is here :Erm:

I view this as what it is a forum - an exchange of info, advice, place for debate etc.

It's my understanding that these social networking sites can get your photos and stuff visible to undesirables, people you never want to hear from again in your life can contact you, constant bombardment of messages saying Joe Blow has added you as a chum. No thanks not for me

[Dedworth]

Facebook users warned of burglary risk

Users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have been warned by police after two men were convicted of burgling a house whose owners had advertised the fact they were away

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8004716/Facebook-users-warned-of-burglary-risk.html

Another reason to avoid using these sites

[RickyR]

Have mentioned this before, but in my line of work have seen people fired over facebook related incidents. It's far too dangerous, and far too much information. The press seem to be able to drag out all the photos and status reports for articles... scary

[les_taxi]

I'm a big fan of facebook,it's come in really useful at times and it's great knowing when friends/relatives have uploaded pics,helps with birthday reminders too:xxgrinning--00xx3:

All you have to do is opt out of the many silly "I have sent you four parsnips-send me a cabbage back" games/requests.

Yes and some of it is trivial crap but no worse than we all post on here:icon_lol:

Deworth and I have our disagreements on here but its even more fun of facebook,I've been deleted and added by most of my "Liverpool fc" fans on facebook many times:icon_lol:

But now and again i love a good football arguament (oops disagreement) and it's the best place to do it to wind each other up:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Most of the time tho it's just laid back when I'm bored checking stuff out and for that it's the best.

[JimOttley]

Have mentioned this before, but in my line of work have seen people fired over facebook related incidents. It's far too dangerous, and far too much information. The press seem to be able to drag out all the photos and status reports for articles... scary

I don't know a great deal about Facebook security I don't use the site, but it is possible that initial poor security on the part of individuals results in data getting into the google cache from where it is more or less impossible to remove it. (I mean the google page history cache not something local to your own PC).

I would guess they are using that kind of method to retrieve historic data.

[ghee101]

im a BIG BIG fan of facebook too. it's where i found long, lost friends, faraway relatives, old classmates and so on. i just learned couple of years ago to make my page private and only add people i really know or referred by common friends (and now forum peeps).

it's just sad that they disabled my page now. i put in so much time and effort on my page. it's like they're holding my own stuff on hostage :angry:

[Dedworth]

Twits beware

Twitter scrambles to block worms

Twitter has patched a flaw in its website that was being exploited to pump out pop-up messages and links to porn sites.

Initially, users only had to move their mouse over a message containing a link - not click it - to open it in the browser.

The code was spread by worms, self-replicating, malicious pieces of code.

Thousands of users were caught out by the flaw, including Sarah Brown, the wife of the UK's former Prime Minister.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11382469

I'm glad I keep well clear of these sites

[les_taxi]

Well I'm very happy with my facebook experience and doubt if they going to catch me out as i know what I'm doing Dedworth:Rasp:

[Dedworth]

Well I'm very happy with my facebook experience and doubt if they going to catch me out as i know what I'm doing Dedworth:Rasp:

Don't be like Sicknote Ferdinand Les keep off the Twiitter :D