Facebook is one of the most popular networking sites in the world. This site can be used for good and evil. While most of us spend hours reading each other’s profiles and chatting, there are some people who lack the ability or don’t desire to use Facebook.
People often use Facebook to communicate with friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, family, co-workers etc, and we often forget that there are more people who view your profile than you would like to imagine.
Employers are now using Facebook as a tool to scope out potential employees. You might be thinking how can this be? Well, it’s quite simple really. Your manager creates an account; he can look up your profile by searching your email, first and last name.
You also have to realize that anything you are posting online may stay there forever in some form. How does it do that? With the rapid growth in technology, websites such as twitter and Facebook might use an Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine site, caches of Google and Yahoo. Sometimes old versions of websites can be searchable by those who know how. If you don’t know how, I bet the company you work for would. Everything associated with you or the people you are connected to, can be viewed as well as evaluated by other people. Some people whom may have a significant influence over your life and future.
If you are a Facebook user, you need to know Facebook’s “common sense” rules. There is stuff that you don’t publicize, say or do to others. Having a relationship status is a mutual decision. Who ever thought of this brilliant idea is my hero. All of your friends get the notifications of all the changes you post, so remember that the next time you post your relationship status. Looking through your friend’s profile is normal. We all do it. There is a name we all refer to as “Facebook creeper”.
What is not ok is adding someone, and skipping out on the introduction. There is a message box for a reason. There is nothing more suspicious than someone trying to add you as a friend, and not knowing who they are. Ask before you start adding your friends random “ex’s”. Seriously guys, if you weren’t friends with them before they were dating your “buddy”, what makes you their friend now? It’s common courtesy.
It’s okay to remain friends with your ex, or decide to keep them on your Facebook, but you have to prepare yourself for that status change. Posting tons of pictures, videos and comments that have to do with a broken relationship is not wise.
This isn’t the television show “Who wants to be a millionaire”. Do us a favour and phone a friend, don’t ask the audience. There is such a thing as too much information. Not everyone needs to hear how much you hate someone, or read your grievances. This should be sent in “private” messages, or by email or phone. Know the difference between the wall and a message. There are some things that should remain private, and some things that shouldn’t be said at all.
If you are one of those people who fit in this category, you should take the Facebook quiz: A note saying “I love you soooo much baby” or “ I am soo mad at you, that I think we need to break up” notes, should be posted in :
A) Wall
B) Private message
C) All of the above.
If you answered either A or C, you are wrong and Facebook wants their space back.
The comment field is a field to post a comment about the status you are commenting about. I have no idea why Facebook has one, it’s extremely useless along with “Like’s this”. Who cares if someone like’s what you posted. If you must tell your friends, write about it, or send them a message. Comment fields are not meant for pointless words and sayings.
Lastly, remember who your audience is. Respect the person who you are posting comments, walls, pictures and videos to. We all have our own group of friends. Our Facebook is our own way of interacting with the world around us. If you post things that the person doesn’t want, take it off. Nothing is permanent on Facebook. People get married, divorced and married again without having to sign the papers on here. Mind your friend’s profiles. If you have to ask yourself, “would he/she care?” take it as a *hint* and don’t post it!
Facebook, you've been officially opinionated by,
The Opinionator.
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