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[shabopo]

*presses hand up against face in embarrassed shock*

I just got prepositioned over facebook by some creepy guy from Mountain View claiming to be "a successful entrepreneur" looking for a "no-strings" discreet relationship (as he is in the process of separating from a different relationship).  And went into detail up to the point of including how

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[splowey]

er, maybe it would be worth reporting that to facebook? maybe?

actually, though - in all honesty the best way to prevent that sort of thing is to NOT join the regional networks. like, take yourself out of the Silicon Valley network. because then random people can't view your profile. if you're paranoid like me, you can restrict your profile so that only your friends can view it, and you can make it so that no one can even search for you using the facebook search function.

... yeah, i did a presentation on facebook privacy earlier this year. after doing the research for that, the first thing i did was went through and SEVERELY restricted my profile's privacy settings. if you're concerned about this sort of thing, you might want to consider doing the same.

(and did you mean propositioned, not prepositioned?)

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[shabopo]

*blush* I misspelled propositioned? How embarrassing!

Well, I am paranoid, and I have restricted my profile a lot--I did so as soon as I signed up, pretty much. Only my friends can see any of my contact info and most parts of my profile are completely restricted to the same level. He should've been only able to see my picture, what classes I was in, and my wall. Hence my shock. And I'm still appalled!

...can you report things like that to facebook? The guy phrased it politely, given the subject matter...but it's the very thought that's offensive.

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[splowey]

I mean, you certainly *can* report things like that to facebook; the worst they'll say is, "no, we can't do anything about it." It does seem to me though that a message like the one you got was out of line - if he'd just said "hey, I saw your profile & would like to meet you if you're up for that," that wouldn't have been out of line, but it seems like he definitely went... er... quite a ways beyond that.

At any rate, it certainly couldn't *hurt* to report it to facebook, even if they can't do anything about it. If it helps, here's what Facebook's FAQs say about what to do if you're receiving unwanted messages:

You can anonymously report messages by clicking on the "Report Message" link near the bottom of each message. You should see this link below the options to Close, Reply to or Delete the message. Facebook will review your complaint and act accordingly.

let me know how it goes?