Most modern lives are made up of many complex social bonds to different groups of people. In the real world there are certain social conventions which we uphold, often behaving very differently depending on whether we are talking to our boss, partner, friends or work colleagues. In cyberspace though things have become a little bit more open, with conventions… Read more
By now you’re probably aware that whatever you do on social networking sites, you should never do anything illegal as big brother is watching you. But what if you’re in another country? Well same rule applies as a certain Colombian youth has realized.
For the past week you’ve been hearing about Tiger Woods and his little accident at his South Florida home. Unfortunately for many who are concerned with more important news, this has led to the eclipse of more expedient stories and to be truthful, all the major networks are responsible including the online tabloids, TMZ.
Your Facebook profile probably unites people from all layers of your life: personal life, past life, business life.
Here are a few steps to make sure you still keep this lives separate:
In what has basically become a bizarre, corporate-sized version of, “He said, he said”, Erick Schonfeld of techcrunch.com has opened a big yucky can of worms. His February 20, 2009, report that CBS subsidiary Last.fm divulged privatized, detailed user preference information has been incendiary, to say the least. The commentary on his post, “Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User… Read more
There is a growing trend that has social-networking users feeling more than a little paranoid these days. Over the last year, one minor incident after another has drawn attention to and educated us on the perils of personal indiscretion on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, and services like SMS and Twitter. Internet-witch-hunts take place to weed out suspected… Read more
