Consequences of Social Networking
Situation B presents a growing problem among people getting out of college or high school, applying to colleges or looking for jobs, and being denied because of things on their social network page that either or the school or firm does not want to be associated with. People have always done stupid things. However with the growing popularity of Facebook, which grew 145% in 2010 according to istrategy.com, where people can see information, pictures, and videos of anyone with an account, it becomes easy to see qualities about people that would make that person a bad candidate. It is very important for people to keep their image the way they want it. At the same time you cannot control everything that people post about you. When you see those negative posts about yourself it is up to you to get them to take it down. When entering the job market, it is your responsibility to present yourself as someone the firm would want to hire and not some party animal who engages in illegal activities. Not only could the user be denied a good job opportunity or entrance into a prestigious university, but they can also get in trouble with the law. If there is actual talk of doing or pictures of illegal activity on someone’s page, any other user who sees it can alert the authorities which could get the user in serious trouble with the law. The consequences of posting dangerous posts on social network sites can easily be avoided by not doing anything illegal in the first place. Since we all know that people do stupid things regardless, putting proof of these acts where millions of people can see them is very irresponsible. It is up to the user to control what information is put on these sites so that nothing bad can come from people seeing his account.
Situation B presents a growing problem among people getting out of college or high school, applying to colleges or looking for jobs, and being denied because of things on their social network page that either or the school or firm does not want to be associated with. People have always done stupid things. However with the growing popularity of Facebook, which grew 145% in 2010 according to istrategy.com, where people can see information, pictures, and videos of anyone with an account, it becomes easy to see qualities about people that would make that person a bad candidate. It is very important for people to keep their image the way they want it. At the same time you cannot control everything that people post about you. When you see those negative posts about yourself it is up to you to get them to take it down. When entering the job market, it is your responsibility to present yourself as someone the firm would want to hire and not some party animal who engages in illegal activities. Not only could the user be denied a good job opportunity or entrance into a prestigious university, but they can also get in trouble with the law. If there is actual talk of doing or pictures of illegal activity on someone’s page, any other user who sees it can alert the authorities which could get the user in serious trouble with the law. The consequences of posting dangerous posts on social network sites can easily be avoided by not doing anything illegal in the first place. Since we all know that people do stupid things regardless, putting proof of these acts where millions of people can see them is very irresponsible. It is up to the user to control what information is put on these sites so that nothing bad can come from people seeing his account.
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