No words...

[Rageaholic]

Woman burns house over being "defriended" on facebook.

I have nothing else to say.

[HYHYBT]

I cannot get the link to open. It's not broken, just doesn't load. I don't suppose there's any chance it was her *own* house she burned down?

[bara]

Sadly, no. Luckily no one was hurt and only the garage was destroyed.


Didnt know Facebook had such power.

[Rageaholic]

Here's another link

[blas87]

Fortunately, I don't know of anyone who has gone far enough to do anything illegal over being ignored/defriended on FB, but I have known a few people who just would not give up or accept that someone deleted them. Their actions just going as far as annoying the person until they were blocked (my own experience) or continuing to bring up the fact that they were deleted when seeing the other person out in public (also happened to me. TWICE. With my ex. He also messaged a mutual friend and went on a rampage as to why I'd erased him).

Some people just care way too much about a social networking site.

[jackfaire]

It had nothing to do with Facebook.

Yes she did it because she was defriended on Facebook but she would have done it for being Defriended in anyway other medium too.

It's a trend to blame the medium but it's the person in the situation. She obviously needs mental help. I don't say that in a bad way I mean that in the most caring way possible.

[BrenDAnn]

Oh geez and this happened in the state I live in too. I swear all Iowans aren;t batshit crazy, guys! Really!

[bara]

It had nothing to do with Facebook.

Yes she did it because she was defriended on Facebook but she would have done it for being Defriended in anyway other medium too.

It's a trend to blame the medium but it's the person in the situation. She obviously needs mental help. I don't say that in a bad way I mean that in the most caring way possible.

No doubt there. It could have been a message in a bottle or a spiritual medium and she would have reacted the same.

Crazy is crazy.

[Boozy]

It had nothing to do with Facebook.

You can scream that from the rooftops, but the media will never listen. If Facebook is even peripherally involved in a crime these days, they'll find a way to call it the motive.

Facebook is a social networking tool. Nearly everyone has an account. This is partially how people maintain personal relationships these days. Since most violent crimes are personal in nature, it's not surprising that Facebook is "involved" in many of these crimes.

[NateSean]

It had nothing to do with Facebook.

Agreed.

Since most violent crimes are personal in nature, it's not surprising that Facebook is "involved" in many of these crimes.

That's because whoever is writing the story needs their thirty minutes of fame on whatever "remember this decade" show airs twenty years from now and Facebook was a recognizable name.

If a Myspace page, Second Life persona, Sims Social, or Windows 1993 online Checkers opponent had been involved the writer would have jumped on that too.

[Panacea]

Some people just care way too much about a social networking site.

The Internet makes it too easy for people who wouldn't otherwise have a life, to have one.

When someone takes that life away from them, it can be very threatening.