First of all, let me state that I am not a fan of putting people on blast on Facebook (or other sites) especially for petty nonsense. We're adults and should act as such...feud privately. That said, I have a question. What does putting someone on blast mean to you?
To me it would mean that the situation or conversation is posted and either the person is tagged or it shows the persons identity in some way (pictures or named) and/or enough specifics are included to indicate exactly who the person is.
If the post is general enough (not a lot of specifics given) but either shows a person just venting or asking a question about said situation (no names, dates, exact location or situation, or pictures being included)...does that put the person "on blast"?
Putting on blast, for those that didn't know the term, is like calling someone out for something they said or did or trying to do. It could be for almost anything (I've see people post pics of a car that was driving dangerously or someone acting a fool at a restaurant). Typically, they are named or pic posted to identify the person.
I didn't put anyone on blast in any form. It was not a situation to approach the other party and yet they called me to complain they were "put on blast".
A friend made a public post (on his page, not mine) asking a question to his friends about a situation. Very vague regarding details so not a soul on his page (besides me) knew who or what it was truly about. Someone that has been stalking me (but is blocked from my page and is using other's accounts as well as hacking mine to monitor anything that is public since we have no mutual friends) has started stalking his page as well. Saw the post and got mad because he was "put on blast". They aren't friends and have no mutual friends. If said person was not stalking, they would never have looked at my friends page cause he doesn't know him. No one knew it was about him as he was not named or tagged in any way. He purposely sought his page out (as a means to monitor me).
The post was along the lines of "hey, I have a question...if you left your car sitting for 8 months and traveled over 2 hours to get there, wouldn't you be prepared to need to jump it, check the tires, and possibly have it towed?"
**I think some may have misunderstood. I wasn't complaining nor asking for advice. My friend wasn't complaining. I WAS asking simply if the person wasn't identifiable in the post was it still putting them on blast because I do not think it was. My page is private, although the post was not on my page. My friend's page is not private (his business) and he has a right to post a question on his page (and in my opinion did not put anyone on blast). The 'stalker" is playing games and stalking me and my friends and then got his feelings hurt cause he knew he was wrong...but again wasn't really on blast. The "stalker" who has been blocked by all means continues to seek new means to reach me and called me to complain about my friends post. Thanks to the ones who understood what I meant.
I've never heard the term. I hate those cryptic status updates that are designed to make people want to ask "what's wrong".
If it's obvious to anyone else besides you and the person you are referring to then yes, you have put them on blast.
I hadn't heard of blast until this morning while watching the news. I can't spell that idiot swimmer's last name but apparently he got in all that trouble because he embellished the story to his mom and she put it on blast, what ever that is.
It sounds like you need to either get off FB for awhile, or make your page private, or if you're being stalked, seek legal help. FB takes hacking into other accounts pretty seriously, from what I know.
My goodness how old are you? This all sounds very high school. And any adult friend should be understanding if you are being stalked or hacked or whatever, why would he complain, doesn't he care bout you?
I think it's time to clean up your friend's list and get rid of this kind of drama, seriously, who has time for that?
For me it means airing personal business. My aunt invited herself to a weekend in SC where my mom, baby sister, myself, and our 5 kids combined were going to visit our older sister and her two kids. My aunt has done some really shady things in the recent past and we ignored her. She didn't tag us in the "can I come and crash" posts or anything. She ranted on FB while we were there about how horrible we were to ignore her...so much for us being family. Ha! We laughed it off.
I really try to keep my FB wall to personal happy stuff...
I have been on FB for years and use it daily but I have no idea what you're talking about, I've never even heard that term, is this a teenage thing? It sounds really immature whatever it is.
I have no idea what that means which is probably a good thing.
My neighbor owns two businesses. She did this on NextDoor app against our other neighbor. She sent everyone his address, mentioned he is a doctor and where he worked, posted a photo of him driving, and his license plate. Other neighbors joined in. We all know who it is. To be honest, I don't know if he drives badly but I now avoid the woman who posted it. She seems psycho to me.
this is the first i've heard that term. but i think i understand what you mean by it.
i find vaguebooking super annoying.
i'm still not sure i understand the particular situation you're referring to.
khairete
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Um, yes, if the post is 'general' but those reading it can infer who it is, yes, that person is put 'on blast'. Remember,too, the experience of the person (the 'perpetrator', if you will) who KNOWS what they did-- they will feel publicly shamed. Whether or not you identify them, the bigger question is "why didn't you approach that person directly?"
For example, if I offended a friend and they were all "vague-booking" about it... I *still* know it was me and that they are making their upset public, even without mentioning my name. Here's my question: why does one feel compelled to tell "everyone" how upset they are? It doesn't solve anything. All it would do is cause more miscommunication. That said, sharing something in a private group ("my mother in law is driving me crazy" or "my girlfriend said she'd watch my kid so I could go to a job interview today and just now she decided to go to the beach with her boyfriend. I'm so mad!")--those things, I don't consider 'blast', I consider that venting in a safer space. But yeah, up on your wall, for any of your friends to read... that's pretty passive-aggressive and won't help the situation.
I never heard of it by that term but it seems it's just another way 'social meda' can turn into 'anti-social media'.
It sounds like cyber bullying.
I've never heard the term and frankly I wouldn't care.
Not familiar with it ...
never heard of it. so i have not got a clue as to the meaning. nor how to use it and i doubt i have ever done it.
I guess I feel like this just wasted a few minutes of my life I can't get back by reading this. lol
Your friend was implying about a situation on FB that he knew of and was in a round about kind of poking at the person who left their car for 8 months and didn't think they'd need to jump it. Whether he knew the person or not.
Frankly your story is very confusing and hard to follow. And aren't you putting the person on "blast" by asking about this situation on here? It seems you are doing the very thing you are complaining about. JMO but I don't have time for this kind of drama. Good luck.
Never heard of that term but I'm an adult that hasn't been a kid in a long, long time. Maybe it's something that only teens and young adults do? I am on FB running business pages and doing ads and so much more. I don't think I've ever heard the phrase or term.
Is that like the equivalent of a massive group e-mail? Never done it on e-mail, never done it on FB. However, every now and then I receive stuff on my FB feed, and when I check it out, I find that someone has "allowed" me to join their multi-level marketing group!
Sounds like your friend was not putting anyone "on blast" at all.
