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Lighthearted Facebook Friends Could Make You Join NAMBLA Group

Posted by Soulskill on from the ground-floor dept.

mykos writes "The Facebook groups feature is causing bit of a stir with its users. TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington was allegedly added to a group about NAMBLA, and in turn, he added Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It's all in good (albeit tasteless) fun, except when a harmless joke goes awry and you find yourself being detained by customs when a friend decided to drag you into a mock terrorist group. Facebook representatives are aware of the matter, but are dismissive of it. A Facebook spokeswoman said, 'If you have a friend that is adding you to Groups you do not want to belong to, or they are behaving in a way that bothers you, you can tell them to stop doing it, block them or remove them as a friend — and they will no longer EVER have the ability to add you to any Group.' In somewhat related news, guillotines ensure you won't have dandruff on your shoulders anymore."

11 of 178 comments (clear)

  1. NAMBLA by niteice · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's wrong with the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes?

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    1. Re:NAMBLA by dpilot · · Score: 3, Funny

      I was all ready to make some post about NAMBLA being a right-wing boogieman. But first I decided to check Snopes and Wikipedia. Sometimes I guess truth really is stranger than fiction - including conspiracy theories.

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  2. Great... by __aaqvdr516 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I used to only have one friend, my mother. To prevent being added to a bad group I had to unfriend her. Now she's yelling at me to come up out of the basement and explain myself...

  3. In Soviet Russia... by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 2, Funny

    Facebook Groups subscribe you!

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  4. but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    but what if you were already in NAMBLA? you would be immune to this attack.

  5. Re:Yes, learn to grow up folks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sometimes the only way to get ahead with your farm is to say that you are a 13 year old boy who likes older men.

  6. Re:But it's so brilliant! by Asic+Eng · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well it definitely isn't their problem. If the TSA would actually be retarded enough to detain a person merely because they have been added to a facebook group (and I'm not saying that's unlikely) - well that would be the TSAs fault. It would also be the fault of the politicians which allow to operate the TSA as it does. And of course that means it would b the fault of the citizens of the US who are willing to put up with that shit.

  7. Re:Wait.. WHAT? by koreaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like you're right -- I apologize for my ignorance.

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  8. Woohoo! by JSBiff · · Score: 3, Funny

    . . . I knew not having any friends would pay off in the long run! Suckers!

  9. me too! by Thud457 · · Score: 3, Funny

    hey, we should, like, totally form a social group for people who aren't on facebook. Here, I'll pencil you in...

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  10. Workaround Solution by BJ_Covert_Action · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hopefully Facebook will fix this. In the meantime, or if they don't, I suggest someone start a group for, "Obnoxious Friends that Add Their Friends to Controversial Groups," group. Then, every time someone adds you to a stupid group, you add them to that group. Recursion and drama ensues. Nobody can take Facebook groups seriously ever again...Of course, the fact that they did in the first place is just too bad.

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