A 14 year-old girl has inadvertently attracted tons of unwanted attention on Facebook. What started out as an invitation to 15 of her closest friends soon exploded, largely due to the fact that the October 7 event was never actually made “private.”
The girl’s address was also listed, which has prompted local police in the 30,000-person town to “have officers on patrol in the area [...] to provide a reassuring presence and who will be able to deal with any issues, should they arise.”.
Although the posting has since been removed, invitations have been sent out by a variety of potential crashers including a pre-party, an after party, a clean up party and more.
Of course, some folks are blaming Facebook’s privacy settings, calling them too difficult to figure out. Should the default settings err on the side caution, or do these people simply need to learn how to work the interwebs?
I think I will defend the latter on that one. If Facebook, or the Internet in general, has the option to make your information private - like Facebook does, it's the top checkable box above the save event button - it's the user's fault if they miss it. In real life you can also choose to walk to a quiet place to talk to your friends, not to discuss you party loudly in a public place stating your address.
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