WITH CHRISTINE O'DONNELL'S WITCHCRAFT ADMISSIONS RECENTLY MAKING SENSATIONAL HEADLINES, THANKS TO THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA SMELLING BLOOD IN YHE WATER, I AM REMINDED OF A STORY I HEARD FROM A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO SOME OF THE YOUTH THAT USE THE INTERNET TO HOLD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR FRIENDS ABOUT GIRLFRIENDS, BOYFRIENDS, AND OTHER GOSSIP THAT MIGHT BE BETTER OFF LEFT IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
APPARENTLY MY FRIENDS 25 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAD BEEN URGING HER TO JUMP INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND REGISTER ON-LINE FOR HER VERY OWN FACEBOOK PAGE. MY FRIEND WASN'T TOO KEEN ON THE IDEA AND SHE RESISTED FOR A YEAR BEFORE FINALLY GIVING IN. WHEN SHE FINALLY DID GIVE IN SHE WAS AFRAID TO TRY IT OUT SO THE ACCOUNT LAY DORMANT FOR QUITE A WHILE. ONE NIGHT AROUND 2:00 A.M. WHEN SHE COULDN'T SLEEP SHE DECIDED TO MAKE A GO FOR IT. SHE LOGGED ON THINKING SHE WOULD JUST LEAVE HER DAUGHTER A NOTE TELLING HER TO HAVE A NICE DAY AT WORK. TO HER SURPRISE SHE FOUND THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS ALREADY ON LINE CHATTING WITH A FEW OF HER GIRLFRIENDS. SHE WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THEY WERE DISCUSSING THEIR FAVORITE SEX POSITIONS! SO SHE DECIDED TO LEAVE A COMMENT. NOW YOU MUST REMEMBER MY FRIEND WAS TRYING THIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME SO SHE WASN'T TO SURE ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS DOING. THE ONLY THING SHE SAID IN HER COMMENT WAS SHE HOPED HER DAUGHTER HAD A NICE DAY AND SHE WOULD BE TALKING TO HER VERY SOON. MY FRIEND HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN A CHANCE TO LOG OUT WHEN SHE SAW A NEW COMMENT FROM HER DAUGHTER APPEAR. IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. OMG, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY MOTHER WOULD TRY HER HAND AT FACEBOOKING TONIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS! AM I EVER GONNA HEAR ABOUT THIS! OMG!
JUST .LIKE CHRISTINE O'DONNELL HER DAUGHTER WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONCE YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE IN CYBER-SPACE IT'S OUT THERE AND IT CAN COME BACK TO BITE YOU IN THE BUTT AT ANY TIME. SO FOR ALL YOU KIDS OUT THERE WHO SHARE STORIES AND PICTURES AND VIDEOS, BEWARE! THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN EVEN PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS MAY BE USING FACEBOOK AS JUST ONE MORE TOOL TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKING.
IT REALLY COULD MEAN YOUR FUTURE!
This is VERY TRUE. Not just for kids but for everyone. Anything you post on the WORLD WIDE WEB, is just that: WORLD WIDE. And it stays there FOREVER, to be retrieved at any time in the future.
ReplyDeleteSo, don't post anything that you wouldn't want the world (or your mom) to know.