I have posted about Facebook many times already, but I found an article in the Washington Post a few weeks ago that I couldn’t resist writing about. Young, savvy networkers everywhere are flustered by parents attempting to “friend” their children.
I have thought long and hard about my own Facebook site, especially as a teacher, and have consciously avoided posting anything I would not want future employers to see. I realize my profile is available to only those whom I allow to view it, but I’m paranoid, I admit. Just a few weeks ago, a group of middle school students went searching for my Facebook or Myspace profile!
Social networking sites like these appear to be making it more difficult to keep boundaries between public and private life, college friends and family members. Depending on your security features, others have access to view all of your friends, read conversations, and see pictures that others may have posted without your permission. As more and more authority figures join Facebook, creating an online identity becomes more and more complicated.
–Katie Harris
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