Has anybody else seen all the updates to facebook's privacy options, lately?
You can choose which groups or individuals get to view which things on your profile.
For instance, if I took some pictures the night I went out drinking, I could make sure that none of the people at my church saw them.
While I do agree that people do have the right to privacy, when you publish it on the internet you kind of lose that right.
My problem with these new privacy abilities is that it does not necessarily serve privacy so much as it serves dishonesty. I could live a complete double life with this. Nobody at my church would ever have to know about my skinny dipping habits (not that those pics are allowed on facebook anyways, thanks goodness) and none of my manly buddies would find out that I snuggle in a den of bunnies and feed them carrots with my mom every Saturday afternoon. Teenagers especially have a problem with pegging down an identity, and I don't think enabling them to not decide on a personality helps their emotional well-being at all.
There need to be consequences for our actions, and people should stop being afraid of sharing all of themselves with other people. We're so worried about our own privacy that we have become unable to have a true self to hide.
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So, this is the blog of Brett. I used to write on my Myspace and I still use my Facebook all the time to tell people what's going on in my life, but I suppose true blogging isn't about what's happening in your life, it's about your reaction to it and what it inspires you to think. Not to say that this is my journal. It's where I drop my brain off at the end of the day.
1 comment:
I think I can somewhat understand the desire for this kind of privacy. Especially since prospective employers will look at your profile sometimes and you can't always control what OTHER people put on your site. However, I also believe that if you have something to hide DON'T POST IT ONLINE! Write it in a diary for heaven sake! And not a mydiary! Believe it or not, no matter how private you believe it is, it's still freaking public! Haha, I so agree with you.
And it's really nice not to always try and split one's personality or be something you're not. Better to have friends that you can be all of yourself with. :)
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