That is the question. Whether tis nobler to hide thy life from the world? Or monitor the heck out of your "digital foot print." There seem to only be extremes in the digital world. Either you let people see every inch of your life, and let it haunt you for the rest of your cyber life, or you take no part in a cyber existance. Facebook has changed the way people communicate. It has made it easier to locate long-lost friends, and has allowed people to stay in touch with one another in a way never before experienced. Facebook, also makes it easier for people to see things you may not want them, or anyone to see. You can not control what others say about you, or what people may post at any given time that you just don't want the world to know about.
After reading and discussing an aritcle about Facebook, I better understand the lack of privacy that I experience on Social Networking sites, and on the internet as a whole. Nothing is private, nothing stays between the people having the converstaion. The internet is a wonderful tool with much potential for good, but it also has the potential to wreak havoc on the users who trust too much in their privacy settings.
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