Perhaps I should start by stating that I currently have no form of social networking. I previously had active accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Myspace, you name it. For the most part, I ended those accounts when I graduated high school. Why? I felt it was an unnecessary part of my life, and it helped others to invade my privacy. While I agree that users have total control over what gets posted, they cannot control what other people will post or say on their page, or even who gets to see what gets posted on their page. Sure, you might make your profile private, but there are ways for people who aren't your "friend" or don't "follow" you to get around that. I realized that what people would normally text me, they started posting or saying to me on my pages, for everyone to see. While I don't live some grand life, where my every move or encounter is one to envy and be secretive about, I simply don't enjoy other people knowing about my life or what I'm up to, unless I tell them. Because of that I reason, I rarely posted and consequently deleted my accounts, as I refused to purposefully lose my privacy.
Sidenote: I am in the process of creating a LinkedIn because of the benefits and the implied necessity of having on in the Finance business.
Hello, Nicholas. I'm your classmate Minting. First I want to say, I rarely log into any social networking, like facebook, twitter, blogs, because I feel it's unnessary to connect with people online, because I only want to share my privacy to people that I know or those who I want to share with. Second, sharing privacy information is a big concern, there are some people out there gathering other's information for all purposes.
ReplyDeleteHi Minting! We are definitely on the same page with both our actions and our reasoning
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting topic, Nicholas! Many feel the opposite of the way you feel in regards to social networking websites and I would love to hear your reasons against it.
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