This interest on keepings tabs of the people around you has spread like wild fire over the years. If you sit and think about it its kind of creepy. Do we really want people to know what we are doing at all times? All the information we put on Facebook gives people a pretty good interpretation of us. They know what we are doing, where we go to school, our religion, views of politics, interests, relationship status...need I say more?
So why are we interested in “A stream of everything that’s going on in their lives (Thomas, 1)" as Zuckerberg puts it? Why did we turn against our initial instinct of "freaking out" and become obsessed? To me this is just an easy and convenient way for people to be nosy.
"You're Leaving a Digital Trail" brings up the same term used in "I'm So Totally, Digitally Close to You" and that is big brother. Young people don't seem to care who knows what about them and how they use their information for that matter.
From a future educators stance, I feel that young people should definitely learn more about internet safety. So many people are not getting jobs because of what employers find on their Facebook and so many regrettable pictures get posted of people on Facebook that will be on their forever to haunt them.
Scary to think about...
Solution?
Internet Safety
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