For those that do Facebook - would you...
 

accept a friend request from someone you knew in HS (and had serious issues with) that is now in federal prison for bank robbery?

I'm thinking ... NOT!

Why do you even have to ask? That's what worries me.

the whole thing freaks me the f*** out! Maybe I just have to document it in case something "happens"...

You get Facebook in federal prison??

No.

you sure?

I know for a fact that you can facebook from Fed prison.

A kid I grew up with landed in Fed prison out in California (Lompoc).

I don't do facebook, but I've seen his page and his posts to others on Facebook.

(I also know they got chicken and ice cream on July 4th! And have movie nights).

He's looking for something....might be on a step program where you say your sorry for what you did........click the "I don't know this person" button, because you don't know him.

'keep friends close and enemies closer..." (or was that enemas?)

"Keep your friends close and your enemies at 300 yrds.....that's the range the spoon is 0 at"

I'm sure. If he caused you trouble and is contacting you - usually those step programs discouraging folks from trying to make amends to people if it will hurt the amendable to do so. I think it is unlikely that he is contacting you for that purpose and even if he was - I don't think I'd care much.

I had a person try to 'friend' me on facebook. It was a girl I was friends with back in HS - she did some unhealthy stuff - blamed me and a buddy and the people she told her side of the story to believed her over us. We lost longtime friends over it and while I do feel that if they aren't going to believe me 'good riddance' it was still a bad scene. I ignored her multiple attempts.

I saw no reason to inquire about it.

I wouldn't accept him as a FB friend and after I rejected his request I would also block him as well.

If he was your "friend" he can see your personal information and family members etc...
Also, he probably start will looking through your friends list and start sending them requests or try looking into their photos when you're tagged in them.

Bank robbery could be the one thing they actually got him on. Who knows what's going on inside his mind???

well...me too..

The Bank Robbery deal is not what bothers me. It is the fact that you had serious issues with them when you knew them. They are not a friend.

If I HAD a true friend that went Coo Coo and robbed a bank, yes, I would friend them.

I was under the impression that facebook was just for teenage girls ....... ;)

Why are you on Facebook?

Art - I have relitives (young ones) as well as old friends and so forth that are on it. I like to keep in touch in a very informal way. Sort of like this place but less heavy.

I thought about it last night and decided that I will cancel my face book profile. I see nothing really positive coming from it.

How do you go about erasing your self from face book?

No Face book (I'm 52) and barely have a presence on Linkdin

I'm on LinkedIn (for work) and here, but FaceBook is not for me! I had an account but closed it (don't remember exactly how I did it, but it wasn't difficult). FaceBook just seemed like such a waste of time and effort, all contacts just seemed to be very superficial and it kept me from spending time here, where my "real" buddies are!!

ha ha ha ha ha, good luck. I don't think a user can permanently delete their profile.

I have a FB as well but only to see what it was all about. I RARELY go there but I meet tons and tons of people that are more and more active on it. Plus, my ex just signed up my son with an account. Ugh. So, I have 2 options, flat out refuse to participate with him on it ( he thinks I'm old, and don't "get it", admittedly he's prob right :p ) or swallow the blue pill and go with him and be there when it goes to hell. And it will.

Btw, he's 12. Minimum age for FB is 13. When I saw that and asked her about it, she folded her arms, smiled and said "yeah, so?"

p.s.
8 of my 18 FB friends are Pelicans.

Absolutely not. I'd just ignore the thing. If you ignore it, you've got plausible deniability. If you reject it or block the user, then they know that you saw it and actively turned them away. Who knows what that would make someone think. I don't want the trouble.

I'm on FB. I've got a few relatives, a couple of old HS buddies, and a bunch of old coworkers on it. I'm there for the networking. I'm rarely active. You can make yourself fairly private. If I get a request from someone that I don't want to be "friends" with, I just ignore it.

Become friends with your son. Make sure he knows that you don't always check it. You can set up so that if someone posts something specifically to you, you get an email. That way you won't miss anything from your son. My main reason for thinking that you should become friends with him is that you would be able to more readily see what he's doing on facebook and address it with him if you see something that you aren't happy about.

What could go wrong?

No... I have an old buddy from HS that was a druggie that calls about once a year... pretty sure he is looking for a couch to crash on... not happing.

FB is just a tool... like a cell phone... a good way to share info... but if misused it can/will make you look like an a$$.

Not!!!!

LOL! i might register a bogus account and friend them there, just to watch what happens. i would NEVER friend them with my proper account.

one reason i don't do facebook, etc.

Only if you know they are in for Life and have a story that you could turn it into a book/movie deal..http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1325785051.jpg

But not on your personal page, create another..

hmmm....

You're already well established and have a local clientele. FB is the holy grail for companies that want to communicate with a nation- or worldwide audience. I follow a few of my favorite businesses on FB and I get the notices on sales or members-only stuff before their FB non-friends get it. I have to be involved for FB for my job, but I have very few clients as FB friends. I got a free plane ticket to Germany last summer from a long-lost college buddy who had the miles to spare when I only needed to borrow some miles for a few mos. If you do it right, it can be a very good thing.

Yep, a business tool, our Dark Side DE founder told me that I had to join it as we would be using it to get the word about our events out, then I found that many of my clients were on, so I had to create another page for our business, and many of our entertainers are on there as well (course, when then cancel a gig and give a BS story, then post about playing some place else, and yes, I have busted a few;)) and it is a very easy way for me to post pix of my stuff for sale, so I created a page for that. I can be anywhere, take a picture with my phone, and post it directly in my For Sale album and it is broadcast right out to those who follow the page.

Well, I did some research and found out that he has been locked up for 20 years so far and is expecting to get out in 2018. He was written a few e-books and that his brother has set up a FB account to help promote his books. I read a page from one and frankly I wouldn't wipe my dogs ass with a page of it. But hay, thats me and what do I know bout writ'n?