Hey y'all, so, one way or another, I was browsing threads last night and I found the thread about facebook links, and I stumbled upon Tara Burnsides facebook page...apparently she is not happy about her personal page being linked/displayed online (I mean, if you're on facebook, then you're basically publicly available, which shouldn't be a surprise, but on the other hand, I totally understand that she doesn't want strangers or even potential creeps looking up on her, especially considering the nature of the situation she was involved in). I wont post the link to her page, but if you check the other facebook thread, her link is there. I'm not sure if anybody wants to handle it, but it might be a good idea to take it down so she doesn't get stressed out or anything. It was definitely info from this site that she posted, because she specifically mentioned WishfulDreamer. Just wanted to give yall a heads up if this hasn't been addressed already!

There is no privacy on Facebook. If you don't want it out there, don't put it out there or set your profile to "private."

I can find plenty of people's snail mail addresses, doesn't make it right to post them.

These are people with lives and stories. I agree they shouldn't be posted.

There is no privacy on Facebook. If you don't want it out there, don't put it out there or set your profile to "private."

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I certainly don't disagree with you. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up over what I saw, just in case she came here and said something about it.

There is no privacy on Facebook. If you don't want it out there, don't put it out there or set your profile to "private."

As crazy as it sounds, I agree. There is a reason they have privacy features. If you do not want your information being linked or found out, then set everything to private. You can even set your Facebook so that people cannot find you if they search your name.

I'm sorry to hear that I specifically caused her to be upset. I don't remember ever looking at her page, but I was happy to hear she was doing well all these years later. I certainly never sent her a message.

EDIT: I now remember copying/pasting dynoguy's message about her FB (I forget which thread).

I do agree about the privacy, for what it's worth. FB is certainly not private...nothing on the internet is guaranteed to be.

I'm sorry to hear that I specifically caused her to be upset. I don't remember ever looking at her page, but I was happy to hear she was doing well all these years later. I certainly never sent her a message.

EDIT: I now remember copying/pasting dynoguy's message about her FB (I forget which thread).

I do agree about the privacy, for what it's worth. FB is certainly not private...nothing on the internet is guaranteed to be.

I noticed that as well...which confused me about her anger specifically towards you. I'm sure if she's really that upset by it, she would request that it be taken down. Hopefully she sees that nobody meant any harm.

I was the one who linked Tara's facebook account, which I found through her sister Stacy's account.

There were a few wedding pictures and a couple messages from friends. I was really happy to see how both Burnside daughters are doing so well considering the tragedy with their parents from their childhood.

I hope she would realize there was no malice intended on my part. But like others have said, it's as simple as setting your account to private, which I assumed nearly all Facebook accounts were set to these days.

If people think I've crossed a line, I can go back and erase it.

I can find plenty of people's snail mail addresses, doesn't make it right to post them.



A person's physical address, which could lead people with malicious intent to their home, is a lot different than a facebook page. Not to mention that it's not that difficult to find most people's physical address on the internet anyway.

These are people with lives and stories. I agree they shouldn't be posted.

Why? They are the ones who put it out there publicly in the first place. You can't put your life and your pictures and your stories out there on the internet and then expect people not to look at them. Especially if you or your family has been on a tv show.

If people think I've crossed a line, I can go back and erase it.
Same here. I can easily go get rid of it, too. Of course, there is an entire thread devoted to Facebook links on this forum that people might have an issues with...ironically, I never went looking for anyone's info myself, as I felt that I would be trespassing. But I did quote your post because I was very happy to see that the girls were doing well. You didn't do any differently than all of the people who posted in the huge link thread.:) I can see why people would be upset that their facebooks are being posted, but it is a solid reminder of privacy on the internet, mainly its lack thereof.

I don't have a problem with it but in the future it's probably best to mention they are on Facebook and let whoever wants to to look them up instead of posting a direct link.

A person's physical address, which could lead people with malicious intent to their home, is a lot different than a facebook page. Not to mention that it's not that difficult to find most people's physical address on the internet anyway.



Why? They are the ones who put it out there publicly in the first place. You can't put your life and your pictures and your stories out there on the internet and then expect people not to look at them. Especially if you or your family has been on a tv show.


I didn't say it should be banned. I said I thought they shouldn't be posted. Why? Because that's how I'd want to be treated if I were in those shoes. That's all. I was damning anyone. I was stating my opinion.

I like Crystaldawn's suggestion that it be mentioned and not linked to.

It's bugged me since that thread first went up. I think there's a huge difference between "this might be this person from that episode" vs. posting it here in a public forum that they are definitely the profiles of these people.

It wouldn't bug me if this were in a private forum where at least people had to sign up for it, but this forum ends up in google results so basically all a would-be creep has to do is use some minor google-fu and poof! there's their target.

Another reason why it feels uncomfortable for me is that I think it goes against trying to be more respectful/protective of the lives of people who were victims or otherwise weren't the perpetrators and likely do not want their lives to be defined by the segments they were in. (I know Jule is up on the Facebook, but his sort isn't the majority in the list.)

They aren't movie/tv stars with PR-run public pages, they are real people.