Is this a threat?

[DrFaroohk]

I've been deleting some inappropriate comments from mine and my wife's facebook walls, and the antagonist in question posted on his wall "Whoever keeps erasing what I have to say Had better stop. There will be consequences."

Can that be construed legally as a threat to get him in trouble, or does criminal threatening have to be a real specific thing like "you'd better stop or I'll kill you."

[Sarah Valentine]

I'd take that as a threat, I would do either 1 of 2 things I would either get him kicked off of facebook or fire right back. But knowing me I would do the 2nd one 1st and then do the 1st immediately after, so the last thing he sees is my insult then a notice from facebook that he's been banned.

[Andara Bledin]

I'd report him to Facebook.

But first, I'd ban him from being able to post on my wall.

^-.-^

[Greenday]

It's an implied threat. Even if he doesn't know who is doing it now, it implies that if he finds out, he's going to do something. Report him.

[Sarah Valentine]

So, what happened?

[tropicsgoddess]

I've been deleting some inappropriate comments from mine and my wife's facebook walls, and the antagonist in question posted on his wall "Whoever keeps erasing what I have to say Had better stop. There will be consequences."

Can that be construed legally as a threat to get him in trouble, or does criminal threatening have to be a real specific thing like "you'd better stop or I'll kill you."

I'd block the antagonist quicker than they can can post supercalifragalisticexpialadocious!

[blas87]

Why would someone get that upset over their posts being deleted?

Some people need to realize that a lot of people have family members, maybe teachers, pastors, bosses, coworkers, etc on their list and if it isn't filtered, they need to watch what they post.

[protege]

I'd take that as a threat, I would do either 1 of 2 things I would either get him kicked off of facebook or fire right back. But knowing me I would do the 2nd one 1st and then do the 1st immediately after, so the last thing he sees is my insult then a notice from facebook that he's been banned.

I like your style However, I'd take it one step further. That is, I'd make an example of what *not* to do on my page. I figure, if someone wants to make an ass out of themselves...I'm only too happy to oblige Of course, I'd then ban their ass. But until that point, I'd get free entertainment

[PepperElf]

I'd report him to Facebook.

But first, I'd ban him from being able to post on my wall.

^-.-^

This.

Also ... if you haven't done it yet, I recommend closing your FB to anyone except your friends list. (none of that "everyone" or "friends of friends" stuff.)


IIRC you can edit your FB to restrict certain users now, although I haven't done much with it myself. Although with that threat, it sounds like this person has exceeded acceptable tolerance levels and I also agree with the suggestion of blocking him or her completely.


I mean sure it's normal to be upset if your posts get deleted. I get upset myself. However ... the correct way to handle it should be to either accept it, or if you disagree with the action, to question it directly... but NOT to threaten.



Also... is there an option to review posts before they go public? Might want to check that out if he or she keeps trying to do this

[insertNameHere]

Well it really depends, it is a threat in a way but they just might mean, that you will no longer be friends and they will delete you. Or they could be saying they will bring bodily harm, but that would sort of be a stretch from the vagueness of a post. Now if this person were a know criminal with a propensity for violence and been known to attack people over non-issues then I would say seek action against them. To many what ifs and possibilities being on the outside with limited details.

[Hyena Dandy]

It also depends what the exact nature ofthe posts you were deleting were. Its all contextual.

[blas87]

A guy from work is having the most difficult time understanding why I stay on invisible mode, and why I deleted his comment about my "nice pussy" (it was a pic of me and my cat). Um, you retard, I have a boyfriend. Second of all, my FAMILY including GRANDPARENTS can see that. That was rude and disgusting.

Then you have my stupid ex who went into a screaming frenzy over me deleting him to my friend "WHY?!". Geebus. It's Facebook. Who cares if someone deleted you, especially someone who broke up with you? Get over it.

[AdminAssistant]

Heh, I had an ex try to friend me on Facebook. I accepted it...just so I could be nosy. Saw he had actually moved to my town for school, so I un-friended and blocked him. He had a mutual friend message me to ask why. Sorry that I don't want to relive all those good memories...the verbal abuse and the date rape and all that fun stuff. Why sure I'd love to be your fucking friend! Sheesh.

[blas87]

I don't get why some people take it as such a personal insult that you delete them...or the rude or disgusting things they post to your Wall. I guess my ex thought since we'd been together so long, even though he yelled and screamed that he never wanted to see me again, I was supposed to "know" that he still wanted to be friends. Err, or he just wanted to keep tabs on me. I didn't delete him for a few days after we broke up, but it was long enough for him to post rude comments on pics of us that I'd missed when going through them all and deleting them.

My mom hasn't deleted him, but it's kinda funny because whenever another girl gets sick of his antics, when I come over to my parents' house after work or on the weekend to hang out, she'll say "Guess what, blas? He scared another one away!" and my mom still remaining FB friends with him was how I found out that he'd violated the terms of his bond. He made a post about "staying home on the weekends and taking it easier now" and that got mom nosy so we checked CCAP. But, I'm all to familiar with him claiming that, and a week or so later, he's back out drinking testing the waters again. If he can get away even once with drinking on a no-drink order, he'll keep doing it until he gets caught, behave for a bit, and keep doing it until he gets caught again. And remember, it's never his fault. LOL.