I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that since Facebook has 500 million users, not all of them would be geniuses. Recently a man was arrested in West Chester PA for posting on Facebook that he wanted to hire someone to kill a girl who was bringing him up on rape charges.
Besides the obvious points that murder and rape are wrong, you have to wonder what he was thinking. This is an extreme example of what many people do on their social media profiles every day which is share too much.
I understand the object of being social is to interact with friends and family with aspects of your life. But somewhere in the translation it was either lost or we have become immune to the fact that a lot people can read what we post. Not only can they read it, but they can save it and share it with their friends.
On top of that when this is pointed out to most people they actually seem shocked. It has become such a part of our culture to put out information we don’t stop to think who has access to this material and what will they do with it. You see other examples of this when people post information or pictures and it’s seen by their employers and causes them trouble at work or costs them their jobs.
Social media can be an amazing way to connect with people but never forget that your posts can have a huge impact and last in search engines for a long time to be found by anyone who is looking.
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