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Okay here's another twist that has transpired since I recently re-joined Facebook.
I sent a friend request to one of my closest friends immediately after I signed up. He took an awfully long time in accepting my request, even though I knew had been on it several times during the weeks leading up to when he finally accepted. When I looked at the pictures he had in his profile, I was shocked, mortified, and embarrassed. There were at least a dozen pictures of me at various parties and events over the past few years that I certainly would not disseminated through the public. I am a private person, which was a big concern for me about whether or not I would actually re-boot my Facebook profile, so seeing these pictures of me that are available for everyone to see was horrifying. However, if it wasn't for me restarting my Facebook, I would never have even known these photos existed of me on the internet for acquaintances and friends of friends to see.
I really am in a state of shock. Remember Erin Andrews, the sideline reporter who was videotaped naked and exposed online? This is how it feels to me (though a fraction, I'm sure). I'm not exactly helpless, I can ask him to take them down or contact Facebook, etc. But the pictures have already been out there for everyone to see and digest by now and the damage has already been done. It feels especially violating when it is a close friend who has taken advantage of the privacy you cherish. I just saw them this morning and haven't discussed it with him yet, but it will definitely be a bone of contention between us. I haven't decided if I should bring it up to him casually and gently, or if I should sit him down and have a serious talk about it. Any ideas? Payback and revenge? Get the lawyers? Good old right cross to knock some sense into him?
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