The hype around Facebook has certainly fizzled out for me. Now that my parents and my friends’ parents are diligently checking their accounts, the fun has really been sucked out of it. Instead of enjoying the interactions between my friends, I’m not more more concerned about what other people can see about me.
That’s partly because businesses now take Facebook to a whole new level that really is crossing the boundary between work life and a social life.
Employers have started to take Facebook so seriously that your profile picture can exclude you from a job. That stupid status you made a few years ago can now change someone’s opinion of you without ever having met you.
It is ludicrous how much the outside world desperately wants to connect to as many people as possible. “Like this.” “Like that.” You can’t go outside anymore without seeing the stupid thumbs up symbol.
Facebook has become an integral part of life in the U.S. but it all really is a fad, just like Myspace. Will all this really matter in a few years? Hopefully not.
However, I do have one good thing to say about Mark Zuckerberg and his life-draining website. I am really glad that they have started to stand up for their members and have started to make efforts to keep what you consider private, private.
In late march, Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan, said, “We’ll take action to protect the privacy and security of our users.”
The company is considering filing suits against employers trying to acquire login information of potential employees. This is good news for you “Mr. Keg stand,” but you should still change that profile picture.
Today people actually think that an online representation of you is actually what you are like. So, it makes sense to look as professional as possible or do what I am planning on doing and delete the whole stupid thing altogether and get on with my life and back to things that actually matter.
