Why you Shouldn't use Facebook to Invite People to Your New Year's Eve Bash
A timeline of Facebook parties gone wrong [Infographic]
Using Facebook for party invites has led to chaos over the years, particularly when hosts make the event public.
A teenager from Hertfordshire who mistakenly posted her address and phone number on Facebook to publicize a birthday party ended up with 21,000 promised guests.
In Colorado, a back-to-school pool party was crashed by hundreds of Facebook users, ending in arrests and hospitalizations.
A party invitation that went viral on Facebook ended in rioting and injury after thousands descended on a small town in the Netherlands (1 in 8 residents attended the party).
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