Omagh GNR(i) Railway Archive

[GNRi1959]

Will be posting some photographs here, if anyone is interested.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/158990799524527

 

Tony

[airfixfan]

Good to see you  back on IRM Tony

[GNRi1959]

Does anyone know how a group that I set up back here in May, above, has now been hijacked by someone else?..

[jhb171achill]

Which one, Tony?

 

[GNRi1959]

6 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Which one, Tony?

 

Link above jb

[airfixfan]

Noticed that it had been resurrected recently on Fakebook

[jhb171achill]

If you set it up, it's possible for you to vet - or to confirm or refuse - permission for others to post. Some FB pages will show a message to the effect that if you or i post something, it won't show up until or unless the mods approve it.

 

[GNRi1959]

Jb, I’ve no control at all

[jhb171achill]

18 minutes ago, GNRi1959 said:

Jb, I’ve no control at all

Ah, I see….. odd.

I’ve no answer…… did you try shutting it down entirely and reopening it?

[GNRi1959]

No worries Jb, it’s no big deal

[mmie353]

Was there anyone else setup as an admin for the group besides yourself? 

 

[GNRi1959]

6 hours ago, mmie353 said:

Was there anyone else setup as an admin for the group besides yourself? 

 

Straight answer, no

 

[Irishswissernie]

The name Wilson Adams rings a bell although in my present state of health/mind this might not mean much. Years ago I used to have an internet group for Irish railways which I closed down when Messenger or somebody stopped providing Group facilities. Some of the lads on here were members. Wilson Adams moniker was K9 and he was OK. I havn't a clue how he managed to become an Administrator of your Group though Tony.

[jhb171achill]

I knew Wilson, yes K9, years ago and I always found him to be reasonable to deal with - perhaps PM him?

He’s very much interested in things UTA and NIR…. He collects photos too.

[GNRi1959]

I have absolutely no problem with the Group or Wilson. I cannot understand how my link opens his group!

[Irishswissernie]

I went on faecesbook and there are actually 2 Groups with the same name, Omagh GNR(i) Railway Archive

https://www.facebook.com/groups/806045683680361 This is a private group with 189 members. Johny Alexander is an Admin Do you know Johny Tony

https://www.facebook.com/groups/158990799524527 This is the public group with 69 members that Wilson is Admin for

 

[GNRi1959]

1 hour ago, Irishswissernie said:

I went on faecesbook and there are actually 2 Groups with the same name, Omagh GNR(i) Railway Archive

https://www.facebook.com/groups/806045683680361 This is a private group with 189 members. Johny Alexander is an Admin Do you know Johny Tony

https://www.facebook.com/groups/158990799524527 This is the public group with 69 members that Wilson is Admin for

 

Yes, I know of Johnny, he lives local

[jhb171achill]

Mystery solved?

[GNRi1959]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Mystery solved?

Not really because every group has a unique number/identity. 

[mmie353]

Would you happen to have the link to your own facebook group for your page? Just to confirm the URLs for both groups, to rule out a re-direct to the group that Wilson is an admin of. Another question, was the group creation date is the same as yours? 

[GNRi1959]

Mystery Solved today........

my Facebook account was hacked so I closed the account. Wilson was offered admin privileges - obviously, FB do this?

so the first link I posted, was my link.

now it’s Wilson’s.

Edited December 13, 2021 by GNRi1959

[mmie353]

That is about all you can do? Not sure if you can reach out to Wilson and request to be added as an admin to the site, explain that you were the original admin for it and see if you can get anywhere.

I always try to set a password for an account using the mindset, a password that should be difficult for someone else to hack over than what is an easy password for me to remember. 

[GNRi1959]

12 hours ago, mmie353 said:

That is about all you can do? Not sure if you can reach out to Wilson and request to be added as an admin to the site, explain that you were the original admin for it and see if you can get anywhere.

I always try to set a password for an account using the mindset, a password that should be difficult for someone else to hack over than what is an easy password for me to remember. 

I’m not really bothered about the admin of this, it’s how FB works that does. I changed every password I use only yesterday after I was notified of another Messenger hack from a FB friend.