Google's new social media tool, Buzz, caused too much "buzz" of the wrong type recently. You see, Buzz (which works within Google's e-mail tool, Gmail, created a ready-made circle of friends based on the most frequent e-mail and chat contacts in Gmail.
This caused some privacy concerns as users feared names of their e-mail correspondents would be public exposed.
Privacy continues to be a concern in social media.
Guess what? There's no such thing as privacy in social media (other than not participating). If you post it to Facebook or Tweet it in Twitter, the entire world is going to see it.
And, no, it doesn't matter that your account/settings are private. One of your private followers/fans might reply to your post; or copy and paste your post; or re-publish comments, pictures, etc. It's very easy to "see" what's going on in your private account (psst...it's not private!).
If you don't want to share your thoughts, your friends, your ideas, your comments, your pictures, your pets, then THINK before you publish.
One more time on this note: potential employers are looking at your Tweets, your Facebook posts and reading your blogs. It still amazes me the number of proud drunk Tweets; booze photos; cut downs; foul-mouth-know-it-alls I see every day in social media.
Keep it up. Your entitled behavior will not guarantee you a job.
This caused some privacy concerns as users feared names of their e-mail correspondents would be public exposed.
Privacy continues to be a concern in social media.
Guess what? There's no such thing as privacy in social media (other than not participating). If you post it to Facebook or Tweet it in Twitter, the entire world is going to see it.
And, no, it doesn't matter that your account/settings are private. One of your private followers/fans might reply to your post; or copy and paste your post; or re-publish comments, pictures, etc. It's very easy to "see" what's going on in your private account (psst...it's not private!).
If you don't want to share your thoughts, your friends, your ideas, your comments, your pictures, your pets, then THINK before you publish.
One more time on this note: potential employers are looking at your Tweets, your Facebook posts and reading your blogs. It still amazes me the number of proud drunk Tweets; booze photos; cut downs; foul-mouth-know-it-alls I see every day in social media.
Keep it up. Your entitled behavior will not guarantee you a job.
Very very true!
Posted by: mike | February 27, 2010 at 08:36 PM