If you use social media, please read this...

[tbhausen]

It's lengthy, but worth the time. Remember, whether you're the originator or the responder, there are real live human beings on the other end:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/1...uined-justine-saccos-life.html?referrer=&_r=0

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I really don't get Twitter. Too old I guess. But you have to realize when you put yourself out there, you shouldn't be surprised when somebody takes notice. I usually try to not write things in public I wouldn't say to your face, I wouldn't want my mother to hear me say, my preacher to read, or my boss to see.

Sometimes I forget though.

 

[1911ly]

Yep, when you use social media it's all hanging out there. Never post what you wouldn't tattoo on your forehead!

 

[nakinate]

That article is dead on. Thanks for sharing

 

[actaeon277]

It was a good article.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

It strikes me how very different our world is today than it was such a short time ago.

To think one person's comment could even be of interest to so many others, let alone to be some sort of crime against humanity, deserving of the harshest punishment.

 

[1911ly]

It strikes me how very different our world is today than it was such a short time ago.

To think one person's comment could even be of interest to so many others, let alone to be some sort of crime against humanity, deserving of the harshest punishment.

Another issue is people take stuff out of context! That drives me crazy.

 

[MCgrease08]

It strikes me how very different our world is today than it was such a short time ago.

To think one person's comment could even be of interest to so many others, let alone to be some sort of crime against humanity, deserving of the harshest punishment.

It's not really that much different today, it's just that social media has shrunk the world down so someone's comments could strike a nerve on a grander scale.

It used to be that if you said or did something dumb you'd have all the towns folk coming after you. These days the town is just much bigger and the shame can spread farther. The one benefit is that we have a much shorter attention span and collective memory now. Today someone becomes a target for a short time, then the mob moves to someone else. In the past you had to live with it forever because you saw your neighbors every day.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Everything on my bookface profile is a lie except my gender, and I never post anything. I just have it for a couple of the games. M'lady posts stuff, but she's pretty safe with it, trying to build a business (a real one, not mlm) and such, plus keeping contact with family.

 

[Mark 1911]

Another issue is people take stuff out of context! That drives me crazy.

Crazy man with a gun!!!!

 

[warthog]

I am not a Twit, nor do I do Faceplant or Pinterass. I don't do Social Media, I suppose that makes me antisocial(media).

 

[AngryRooster]

Everything on my bookface profile is a lie except my gender, and I never post anything. I just have it for a couple of the games. M'lady posts stuff, but she's pretty safe with it, trying to build a business (a real one, not mlm) and such, plus keeping contact with family.

This. I've got both a faceplant and twit account. Both are as secure and as private as the settings will allow. I have no friends, pictures, information or anything else on the faceplant account. The twit account is locked so that only followers that I have to approve can follow me. I have two followers, my wife and one friend for over 30 years. Their accounts are the same way with only me as a follower. I've made exactly one tweet in over 5 years, only because I had to. That tweet was to Weather Underground with my zip code to get severe weather alerts.

Both my faceplant and twit accounts are only used to get alerts from local sources. Where I'm at our local sheriff and the neighboring county sheriff use them to spread news. They are both very lame at getting news out to us any other way. It's an unorganized pooch screw. The neighboring county doesn't even post the information on Twit, they make a post about whatever on facepalm then send out a link to that on Twit. For this area it's the best way to keep up with weather alerts and warnings. Alerts come faster this way than through Nixle.

Social media can be useful and private if it's done right and you limit your settings, who you talk to and follow.