Ask Anthony Weiner – he’ll tell you that whatever you put into cyberspace it is there as if is written in stone! Can't erase it! Can’t change it though Palinites wanted to change history on Wikipedia. Put your face on Facebook, it is there forever. Go ahead, try to change your image on Facebook, the old image, the image you won’t want your kids to see, you can try to put a new image on, now they will both be there. Forever! And ever!
Imagine your grandkids seeing you about 30 years from now how you looked at the party –any party! When you are intoxicated you acted stupid. Just look at some of the postings! I will bet Anthony Weiner’s kids, whenever he has them, will Google or Bing him. I would love to hear the explanation – he is a politician – he will explain . . . and explain . . . . and explain!
The point is there is no privacy to be expected when you post on the internet. It is there for everyone to see and it is there forever. What can you learn about someone you don’t know but see their [pages, their tweets, etc? We can know where they vacation, who they work for, their marital status and if they are violating marital trust, who their kids are and of course who they associate with. We know their sports interests, their hobbies and we know more about these strangers than we would if they were our real friends without Facebook. With Tweets we can know the size of their . . . well, you know!
Is it all bad – of course not! The internet is an amazing tool to generate information about anything at any time. From history (that is not rewritten by Palinites), technical data, how to do certain tasks, where to call for further assistance, how to shop for the best price – the list is endless. But, when you shop, the potential for everyone to know where you shopped, what you bought and how much you paid and how you paid is there for all to see – if they want to see it.
Keep that in mind. The internet is like the modern town crier. Except this is a 24/7 worldwide blast of personal information. I post my blog to the internet so you can read my thinking on a wide variety of subjects. You pretty much know my politics, my adventures and my world view. That is OK with me. I never tweet, I only post photos that I would and do show to my grandchildren. I never admit to any wrongdoing (because I never do wrong!) and I never tell you about vacations before I go – only after I get back.
It is tempting to boast on the internet. Be careful, you are not all Anthony Weiners! Everything you do can become and often does become viral – it is the scope of the information that is the problem for most people. You send it you one, you send it to all! Look at You Tube – whether or not you understand, much of the video you see is severely edited, but it is on film and it is “fact.”
Finding people that you haven’t seen or heard from in years is great fun. But you have to ask yourself, why hadn’t you heard from these people in years? To they want to be seen or do they want to hear from you. My guess is they do – unless they owe you some money!
So, my advice is to use caution. Your stuff is there forever, for an infinite amount of time and available to an infinite number of people that wants to know whether they need to know or not. I understand that the US Government watches all this stuff - they say it is great intelligence. Use yours!
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