In recent years, social networking has become one of the most
important and influential aspects of internet world. Why do we as a society do
this? Do we do this to be connected with others? With a touch of a few buttons,
you can become “friends” with a fellow peer back from elementary school. Do we
try to show off our accomplishments and achievements among our peers? In doing
so, what could we possibly lose? In this day and age, our privacy does not
measure to the same standards of privacy, its more public. What we don’t
realize in doing this is what potential employers will see on our profile. “77
percent of companies use social media to identify candidates for positions.”
Surprisingly, there are numerous people who post important confidential information;
increasing the risk of kidnapping, identity theft, and many other crimes.
I personally barely use any forms of social media because I do not think it is necessary to "friend" people from elementary school as you mentioned. If you have not kept in touch with these people since then, there is no reason they need to see everything you do on a daily basis. I do agree with what you said about how much of our personal information is out in the open because of social networking.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there is a lack of privacy on social networking sites. It seems that these standards are lagging behind the growing platform. It's shocking to see that sites like Facebook that are dependent on advertising, share user data with other companies to target ads, which many are unaware of that and the privacy risk it creates.
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