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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
8:50:00 PM EST
Hi folks -- hope you had a great holiday. Like I said over in my Magic Smoke blog, it's pretty quiet here in the office this week, so I will try to cut into the backlog of unanswered AIM Pages profiles questions folks have sent.
Of course, since there are relatively few people around who can actually fix stuff, the folks with the harder questions (like the age verification error problem) will probably have to wait until the bulging brains get back into the office. Sorry about that.
In the meanwhile, here's an article (I saw it on Slashot) that's meant to provoke some thought, by scaring the heck out of people: "Social network users have ruined their privacy, forever."
The article suggests that, because of what we post in our public blogs and profiles, we may be giving up our privacy without even knowing it.
Now, I have a series of older blog entries that I called "Busted for Blogging", where I would do periodically feature news stories of people getting into trouble because of what they put on their blogs or profiles. It was typically stuff like:
It seems to happen more frequently with younger folks (remember kids: there's no sealing of juvenile Web postings when you turn 18), but it's not just teenagers who get into trouble.
For example, in the news today: the Washingtonienne Capitol Hill sex blogging lawsuit is going forward.
If you missed the sordid scandal two years ago, Jessica Cutler, a Capitol Hill staffer, wrote about her sexual exploits in her blog. It was all nice and obscure and anonymous... until it got picked up by potty-mouthed politics/gossip blog Wonkette.
Well, long story short, Ms. Jessica got fired, got famous, got a book deal, got naked for Playboy, and got sued.
How will it shake out? Heck if I know.
Anyway, the One Big Mistake isn't the only way you can reveal too much about yourself. For example, over time, you'll post a lot of information about yourself -- over time, the stuff you post about your habits, hobbies, family and foibles can add up into quitet a personal folder, so always be mindful about what you put online.
The point of all this isn't to scare you off the Internet -- just think twice before you hit that "Publish" button, no matter where you are online.
Because if you put something online, people will see it (eventually). And isn't that the whole point of all this?
Thanks -- Joe
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8:50:00 PM EST
Social Privacy and Sexual Scandal?
Of course, since there are relatively few people around who can actually fix stuff, the folks with the harder questions (like the age verification error problem) will probably have to wait until the bulging brains get back into the office. Sorry about that.
In the meanwhile, here's an article (I saw it on Slashot) that's meant to provoke some thought, by scaring the heck out of people: "Social network users have ruined their privacy, forever."
The article suggests that, because of what we post in our public blogs and profiles, we may be giving up our privacy without even knowing it.
Now, I have a series of older blog entries that I called "Busted for Blogging", where I would do periodically feature news stories of people getting into trouble because of what they put on their blogs or profiles. It was typically stuff like:
- People fired after their bosses saw something they'd written
- Kids getting busted for posting pics of underage drinking or illegal drug use
- Other criminal masterminds commiting crimes and posting photos or videos of them in the act (otherwise known as self-incrimination)
It seems to happen more frequently with younger folks (remember kids: there's no sealing of juvenile Web postings when you turn 18), but it's not just teenagers who get into trouble.
For example, in the news today: the Washingtonienne Capitol Hill sex blogging lawsuit is going forward.
If you missed the sordid scandal two years ago, Jessica Cutler, a Capitol Hill staffer, wrote about her sexual exploits in her blog. It was all nice and obscure and anonymous... until it got picked up by potty-mouthed politics/gossip blog Wonkette.
Well, long story short, Ms. Jessica got fired, got famous, got a book deal, got naked for Playboy, and got sued.
How will it shake out? Heck if I know.
Anyway, the One Big Mistake isn't the only way you can reveal too much about yourself. For example, over time, you'll post a lot of information about yourself -- over time, the stuff you post about your habits, hobbies, family and foibles can add up into quitet a personal folder, so always be mindful about what you put online.
The point of all this isn't to scare you off the Internet -- just think twice before you hit that "Publish" button, no matter where you are online.
Because if you put something online, people will see it (eventually). And isn't that the whole point of all this?
Thanks -- Joe
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I hate when people do stuff like that! It's so stupid! They should know that it is wrong, and that they will be caught anyway!
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Tom -- thanks for writing. I saw your comment in the AIM Pages team profile, so I was going to say,"We'd better get this guy a blog if he doesn't already have one..."
Thanks -- Joe (posted & mailed)
1/29/07 8:38 AM