In the past week, I’ve had a lot of trouble with Facebook. What seemed like a fun way of sharing photos and communicative exchange between friends, has become a war with my family.
As a college student, I attend parties. Shocking right? I always take photos of the night. The next day, I am bombarded by text messages begging me to upload the photos. In one simple task, I am able to upload all of those photos of the night, simultaneously sharing the night with every one of my “friends.”
My mother called me last week to enlighten me on the dangers of sharing photos on the Internet. I laughed. I figured I knew much more about the Internet than she did herself.
Her main concern was that pictures of drinking and partying were being made public for future employers. This I understand, however where do I draw the line? Can I upload silly photos of my housemates and myself? Am I allowed to make humorous remarks on friends’ walls?
After I thought I had fixed the problem (unfriending my mother on Facebook) I got a second call. My mother had just spent some time with her brothers, who all had their own comments regarding my profile.
My question is, should I have three separate selves? One Facebook for friends, one for family, and one for professional life? Or do I have to keep my entire life private, in the hope of presenting a positive image to not just friends who I believe are viewing my page, but the entire Web?
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ReplyDeleteI'd personally be a bit cautious about photos you upload in FB
ReplyDeleteIt basically can be viewed by everyone: For instance, Imagine you are not the FB friend of a prospective employer, but a friend of yours is, and that prospective employer has access to the photos that your friend has of you... Not good if you don't look good in the photos.
I speak from experience: a friend of mine always takes her effing camera whenever the group goes out. She takes not only the group photos, but HAS to take a picture every effing moment in the evening "see, now we're being served more tapas: smileee", "See, we're being served our fourth beer: Smilee", "see, Isabel just slipped when coming out of the lavatories: smileee"
And then she uploads THEM all in FB, and TAGS them... Yes, specially that picture of Isabel down on the sleepy floor and four beers in her body. That's quite uncivil and annoying for Isabel and for the rest of us: heck, we just want to go out and have beers and tapas, not be shot by an amateur papparazi every step of the way.
We are seriously considering to avoid meeting with the camera girl in the future, until she learns something.
(I hope I didn't sound like your folks, but, yes, occasionally, FB photo sharing can be quite a nuisance)
(Sorry, it was "Slippy", not "sleepy")
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