This is why I don't follow internet trends. Honestly, is the victim THAT stupid that she can't even put up with that? Was it just one poke or multiple? Sadly it looks like Shannon's not going to be able to put up a fight at all.

To quote the best cartoon character of all time: "The system fails again!" --Bender.

Tom Goldman:

There's a giant hole in this story if you haven't caught it yet. Anybody that uses Facebook and has broken up with a significant other or ended a friendship violently knows that you can easily remove people from your friends list. Facebook by default, in my experience, does not allow the poking of people that are not on your friends list. So, in this case, the poking victim could have just removed Jackson from her friends list.

*frowns* That's not a giant hole. Quite the reverse.

I don't know about other people, but when I had a very, very bad break-up, I couldn't even bear to log onto my page, never mind remove someone from my profile.

If they were threatening me as well, I doubt I could even do anything rather than report it.

Fairs fair Tom, this women may just be scared. And the Law does say "NO contact".

Okay, that's just silly. I agree that she could've just removed Jackson from her list and this wouldn't be a problem. It's not that hard to find who you want and delete them. And Facebook is nice enough to not notify the person that you removed them. Not til they go to your page and leave a comment or something. I understand that she "broke" violation, but this could've been easily avoided all together. Just sill to arrest someone over this. If she were sending threatening messages or something, then yeah. A poke really can't do anything. Especially since it's virtual. Jeez.

Next up, woman gets feelings hurt, oceans boil.

Unfortunately it looks like I will be the first person to ask.
What is farmville?

How our society is evolving into a sophisticated utopia...

I find myself slowly depressed by how childish, for want of a better word, the mainstream is becoming. Even going so far as important political announcements being made via Twitter. Ugh.

Oh god that's just really..... retarded.

What's worse is the courts didn't laugh that lady out of court then arrest her for blatant misuse of her brain.

What? What? What?!
What
Arrbitrary
Silliness

stonethered:
Unfortunately it looks like I will be the first person to ask.
What is farmville?

something like harvest moon (dont tell me you dont know that either)
You have a little farm with plants animals and stuff and can earn money and XP

This is insane and mundane. Good luck proving that she's the one who clicked the link.

Wow. Pettiness is fun

I'm not sure who I'm more frustrated with, or who I feel is a dumber example of the human race.

If someone robs your place, it's still considered burglary even if you forgot to lock your door. It's the same here; it's entirely likely that the person "poked" didn't deliberately leave the contact information up in the hopes that the "poker" would get in touch, and that this was an oversight. A "no contact" court order puts the responsibility on the person receiving the order to obey it, even in this case.

Stop blaming the victim, kids, unless you waive all rights to assistance when you eventually screw up.

-- Steve

odBilal:

stonethered:
Unfortunately it looks like I will be the first person to ask.
What is farmville?

something like harvest moon (dont tell me you dont know that either)
You have a little farm with plants animals and stuff and can earn money and XP

that and it sucks the life from the depths of sole. But still fun

Tom Goldman:
The problem could lie with proving that Jackson actually performed the poke in a court of law, which to me would seem like something out of Seinfeld.

"Did you poke that woman with the internet ?"

I'm pretty sure restraining orders aren't given out like candy. And I'm pretty sure that if you receive one, you understand the gravity of said order. I'm also pretty sure that if you despite those facts, still click on 'poke' for a person, you're doing it to deliberately harass someone who prefers to be left alone by you.

And if that person that's trying to live her life without your interference has to be reminded of the harassment you've inflicted upon her, then it's very good that the justice system can intervene.

Edit: btw the image they used at ABC news is cool!

odBilal:

stonethered:
Unfortunately it looks like I will be the first person to ask.
What is farmville?

something like harvest moon (dont tell me you dont know that either)
You have a little farm with plants animals and stuff and can earn money and XP

I loved that game. I bought the original on the Wii the weekend after I had my wisdom teeth pulled. Kept at it for a month before I could bring myself to play anything else.

So they have one for Facebook then?

As chopper would say - "Harden the fuck up."

As the Soldier would say, "Take your lumps like a man, Private Twinkletoes!"

Therumancer:
Things can be complicated with these kinds of orders and the precedent can vary widely, but basically if the person under protection seeks contact with the person they are protected from that becomes a whole new animal, and probably the closest analogy to what is going on here.

Sorry, disagree totally.

I have, on my friends list, at least one person who I never want to talk to again. And I don't want to remove them, because they might find out somehow, and then try and find out why.

It's already been set out that these two women knew each other beforehand, and that the victim had a restraining order against the "poker". Had I been in that situation, there's no way I would have removed the "poker" - just in case she found out - and then when the email came through saying "Assailant has poked you", you couldn't stop me contacting the police fast enough.

For it to be a restraining order against this person, it'd have to be a pretty damn good reason why they didn't want to talk.

The_root_of_all_evil:

Tom Goldman:

There's a giant hole in this story if you haven't caught it yet. Anybody that uses Facebook and has broken up with a significant other or ended a friendship violently knows that you can easily remove people from your friends list. Facebook by default, in my experience, does not allow the poking of people that are not on your friends list. So, in this case, the poking victim could have just removed Jackson from her friends list.

*frowns* That's not a giant hole. Quite the reverse.

I don't know about other people, but when I had a very, very bad break-up, I couldn't even bear to log onto my page, never mind remove someone from my profile.

If they were threatening me as well, I doubt I could even do anything rather than report it.

Fairs fair Tom, this women may just be scared. And the Law does say "NO contact".

Surely if she hadn't been on Facebook, she wouldn't have noticed she'd been poked? Hell, I know people that delete friends on Facebook out of boredom, doing it because of a restraining order is pretty much mandatory.

*sighs*

Remind me why I have a shred of hope that common sense still lives on...

Chipperz:

Surely if she hadn't been on Facebook, she wouldn't have noticed she'd been poked?

Usually it will send out a mail as well, imagine getting one in the morning saying "Creepy stalker has just poked you."

doing it because of a restraining order is pretty much mandatory.

Fine, all you have to do is return to the internet, where they could be waiting...watching to see if you remove them, with their all too-familiar avatar staring at you, waiting for you to make that first move which proves you were against them all along.

Like I say, I've still got one person on my friends list who I daren't remove. It's just easier to ignore them than have them chasing me again.

Now this is a story. The stupidity...

Also FARMVILLE rocks my socks. And due to my extreme love of it, I could understand that they were probably neighbours in the very addictive application.

The_root_of_all_evil:

Chipperz:

Surely if she hadn't been on Facebook, she wouldn't have noticed she'd been poked?

Usually it will send out a mail as well, imagine getting one in the morning saying "Creepy stalker has just poked you."

doing it because of a restraining order is pretty much mandatory.

Fine, all you have to do is return to the internet, where they could be waiting...watching to see if you remove them, with their all too-familiar avatar staring at you, waiting for you to make that first move which proves you were against them all along.

Like I say, I've still got one person on my friends list who I daren't remove. It's just easier to ignore them than have them chasing me again.

Are you kidding? The first thing anyone does is turn off the email notifications so real emails can get through! Oh dear merciful Jesus... The spam, the spam...

You can remove someone from your friends list and it won't notify them, if you ditch someone it may never come up (unless you update your status message every hour on the hour. They might notice the lack)

InsertWittyName:
As chopper would say - "Harden the fuck up."

You're sounding silly now because you're talking about things that you don't understand. Why don't you sit back and listen to the grown-ups talk for a while. Then, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

And yes, I am treating you and the rest just like I do my two-year-old niece... because you're talking like my two-year-old niece. She has a better excuse than you do, though; she's two years old.

You walking arguments for birth control have no idea how hard it is to get a court order like that; the hoops you have to jump through, the evidence you have to present, make me take one very seriously. Also, I don't think you precious brats understand how much misery is implied in getting one of these orders; you don't get one just because you're no longer friends. Very often we're talking about long-term physical and mental abuse. Think "stalker". Think "To Catch a Predator". After undergoing that, victims aren't necessarily going to be thinking straight and they're likely to make mistakes like forgetting to de-Friend the victimiser... or just can't deal with it right away, and need some time to get his/her head straight.

People aren't perfect, and their (and your) imperfections don't justify others' exploitation of them in a civilised society. Of course, those of you who mistook Lord of the Flies to be an instruction manual won't understand that.

-- Steve

What the hell :/
I hope that other woman is fined for wasting police time.

Chipperz:
They might notice the lack)

And if you've got a restraining order out, that fear is enough to stop you doing anything.

Seriously, I hope you're never in that situation, but when you are, even a poke is enough to set you into hysterics.

Yeah, that's not going to stop all my poke wars going on...

Anton P. Nym:

InsertWittyName:
As chopper would say - "Harden the fuck up."

You're sounding silly now because you're talking about things that you don't understand. Why don't you sit back and listen to the grown-ups talk for a while. Then, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

And yes, I am treating you and the rest just like I do my two-year-old niece... because you're talking like my two-year-old niece. She has a better excuse than you do, though; she's two years old.

You walking arguments for birth control have no idea how hard it is to get a court order like that; the hoops you have to jump through, the evidence you have to present, make me take one very seriously. Also, I don't think you precious brats understand how much misery is implied in getting one of these orders; you don't get one just because you're no longer friends. Very often we're talking about long-term physical and mental abuse. Think "stalker". Think "To Catch a Predator". After undergoing that, victims aren't necessarily going to be thinking straight and they're likely to make mistakes like forgetting to de-Friend the victimiser... or just can't deal with it right away, and need some time to get his/her head straight.

People aren't perfect, and their (and your) imperfections don't justify others' exploitation of them in a civilised society. Of course, those of you who mistook Lord of the Flies to be an instruction manual won't understand that.

-- Steve

Someone needs to take things less seriously.

odBilal:

stonethered:
Unfortunately it looks like I will be the first person to ask.
What is farmville?

something like harvest moon (dont tell me you dont know that either)
You have a little farm with plants animals and stuff and can earn money and XP

Some people even mistake it for a game!

Something is seriously wrong with this world, if a woman can be arrested for clicking a button on a website which has pretty much no effect.

If you don't know what FarmVille is, god bless you. Now pretend you never read the word and live a long, productive life.

Never have I heard better advice.
Stupid FarmVille, FarmTown, Restaurant City, Cafe World, and the like. Useless and addicting, a deadly combination.