Take This Lollipop.

So, who exactly sees what you put up on Facebook? Do you know how much information you're actually giving away to a possible psycho killer? Take this lollipop shows a disturbing scene that could make you think twice about what you put on your social networking site.

My friend showed this to me and said it was really creepy. I was concerned it would be a scare jump at first, but it's not. I checked out the site and learned it connected with your facebook (you "allow" it to access your information like any other app). Don't worry, it has a disclaimer at the bottom.

What this does is a creepy guy in a dark house checks out your profile on his computer. He flips through your tagged photos and google maps where you live (according to Facebook, that is). He then drives out to where you "live" while your profile picture is printed out on his truck's dash. Then it cuts away to an hour timer and it says "[FB friend] is next."

Heh, let that guy try it. He'll get a 12 gauge slug for his trouble. A beanbag round if I'm feeling nice. (gung-ho bravado active)

... I'm always really dubious when something asks for permission to 'post to facebook as me'. I am the only one that posts stuff to my facebook thank you very much.

So, is it going to do that if I accept? Post stuff on my account without my control?

edited 24th Oct '11 5:53:09 PM by LoniJay

Haha, I was about to make a thread about this the other day.

I was wondering what would happen at the end of the timer. I didn't stick around to find out.

^ It hasn't done that with my account, as far as I know. And a CS professor recommended this to me, so I'm pretty sure it's legit.

edited 24th Oct '11 5:54:43 PM by Merlo

HORY SHET

Oh, it doesn't save your info and doesn't post anything to your friends. I was dubious of that too.

Unless your name is (edit: redacted), it's unlikely you've ever been stalked by a psycho.

(Then again, the real issue is whether your employer is keeping tabs on you.)

(Decided to remove the name, since she'd probably be unhappy about my bringing it up again. I can probably get away with saying that the stalker in question was the now-banned Made Of Meat. I've never heard of any other stalking case on this site.)

edited 24th Oct '11 8:07:42 PM by feotakahari

What's with the countdown?

That reminds me of my friend; she says has to be careful about what she puts on Facebook because she's being watched by the group who are sponsoring her to live here and get her degree. If they saw anything that indicated she wasn't taking her studies seriously, she might get in trouble.

Ah yeah, good old Meaty. She would always act weaker than she is to get sympathy. I refuse to become cynical because of it, though.

Oh right the Facebook thing. Yeah, one of my co-workers did that on her laptop. We were at work for a veeery long time, so maybe the killer fell asleep waiting for her? I dunno.

Playing the game without actually having any photos of yourself in your albums is especially weird. I've got a Lego Movie character as my profile picture, and the guy was manically gazing at close-up pictures of plants and Garfield minus Garfield.

I'm only tagged in a few pictures. One of them is this dumb as hell tag your friends thing (total drama edition, of course) that I posted way long ago. It was incredibly amusing seeing him stare so intently at it.

It was even funnier when it came to the last photo before he left. It was from grade 9 and had one of my classmates sporting a mustache made with two feathers standing behind me and looking ready to stab me with a pair of safety scissors. Good times.

Well if anyone is still curious about this topic,I’ve made a tropes page right here. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/TakeThisLollipop

Decided to edit the page a bit, but otherwise, seems fine to me.