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February 17th, 2009
I am sure many people would have heard about this story before, but I really can’t get my head around it. Not only is this an example of how stupid the guy writing the status was, but it is an example of the power that you give Facebook when you live your life completely through it. People can see where you are going, where you have been, how you are feeling and how drunk you were on Friday night. This guy – as his status makes clear – was not feeling like going into work as he was still recovering from partying to hard. So he put it on his status and his work caught him when he made a claim for sick leave. Unbelievable!
It doesn’t stop there though, I have ‘text’ the text information service 82ASK and asked what they can tell me about myself. They returned with information that I am from the West Midlands, probably attended South Bromsgrove High School and that I am recently 22 and interested in Birmingham City F.C. and dance music. Now, all of this information was sourced from my Facebook page that they can’t access, just by looking through my friends and things that I was a fan of. So if these people that don’t have access to my page can find out so much about me, I am half expecting the majority of my online friends to be able to compile either an in-depth social diary or a decent biography of my recent years!
A man was recently convicted of stabbing his wife to death for changing her relationship status on facebook to single. Further to this Virgin Airline workers have been reprimanded for calling passengers chavs and commenting on the poor safety standards if the airline on their facebooks.
In contemporary society, we need to be more aware and more careful than ever when living out our lives on the internet. Not only can anybody see certain information about you, but more importantly they can see how drunk you were on Friday.
Take it easy online and stay virtually safe.
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See also:
- Has it all gone too far? (May 19th, 2009)
- Youtube if you want to….. (May 11th, 2009)
- An Insight to YouTube (April 22nd, 2009)
- Almost Famous…. (March 31st, 2009)
- New Media on The Radio (March 24th, 2009)
February 27th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
It is no secret that even employers check you out on Facebook before they hire you, it is the new Google.
Another scary thing is the criminal out there robing your house when you are having fun on holiday. “Sam is enjoying his holiday in Spain”
But we could not be without it, it is funny to see who is dating who, and how drunk you where last Friday and many others.
March 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
That is freaky scary but true, the dark side of social networks. In another sense the whole aspect of relationships is that it makes us more vulnerable and open. the best thing is to leave a transparent and socially honest life otherwise you might get caught.
March 5th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
‘Big Brother’ is always watching.
I definitely agree that users of these sites put up way too much information. Granted, it is their choice to express themselves as they wish, but they should be prepared to meet the full brunt of the consequences.
My policy is, if you want to put anything up on Facebook or Twitter, make sure you are comfortable with that fact that anybody and everybody could see it. Including your boss
March 15th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Some weeks ago I read about a blogger from Norway who got fired from his job, because he wrote obscene posts about his female boss. Neither the name of his working place or boss were mentioned, but it was possible for other people to recognize who is was. Even if you write a “private” blog, it would never be private when you first have published it on the World Wide Web.