Can't Hide if You Have a Facebook Account
Australian Couple Served with Legal Documents via Facebook. Social media meets legal.
The world is turning anti-Orwellian; Big Brother doesn't force anybody into an online regimen, they all opt-in voluntarily. Even shady people need an online presence...
From the just released 2008 Pew Internet Survey (always a must read), Section 4 on Personal Transparency:
Prediction: Transparency heightens individual integrity and forgiveness. In 2020, people are even more open to sharing personal information, opinions, and emotions than they are now. The public’s notion of privacy has changed. People are generally comfortable exchanging the benefits of anonymity for the benefits they perceive in the data being shared by other people and organizations. As people’s lives have become more transparent, they have become more responsible for their own actions and more forgiving of the sometimes-unethical pasts of others. Being “outed” for some past indiscretion in a YouTube video or other pervasive-media form no longer does as much damage as it did back in the first decade of the 21st Century. Carefully investigated reputation corrections and clarifications are a popular daily feature of major media outlets’ online sites .
Just told my step son to clean up his facebook profile as employers are now reviewing pages for information on potential hires - no more pics of parties with beer flowing rapidily!!
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The Pew study is a great read. Thanks for posting.
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That is a spectacular use of social networking!
I have a facebook profile for my business, but it hasn't been very good for generating business... Its more like an online yellow pages ad
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Facebook is a double-edged sword. It's great for networking but also can get you into some trouble as well!
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