The big issue of the past time is about data mining, getting as much info from 'us', and returning personalized messages. We know that FaceBook is doing this (such as google and all other big businesses), and we accept it. Sometimes we are shocked with what happens, and for me it gives a giggle when, for example, I am chatting with a person who is original from kroatia, that I get commercials for holidays at Croatia.
My personal hero of 2013, Snowden, did do a good job this year in making the world realize about how much of our lives is realy private. Fact is that, when you realy want your privacy, you should not be at the internet at all. But, that was a side walk, I wanted to tell something about Facebook and the real dangers of it.
The real dangers of Facebook, in my eyes, are not the facts that they are collecting our data. We give it, they take it, in fact we agree with this at the moment that we create our account. We cannot blame (or sue) them for doing the things that google, microsoft, apple, samsung and you name it, are doing as well!
The real danger of Facebook (and other social media) are the personal messages that we place.
How often do I see messages from people that tell about their illness, about their sleepless nights. I do it mself as well, it is so easy. And there is always someone who reacts, no matter what time of the day, or night, that I post such, someone is there to awwww or ahhhh with you.
We tend to consider our networks as friends, living persons, who realy do care. When no one else does care, there is always a Facebook Friend that does..
The internet is nothng better then any other place. There are 80 percent people of good will, a few that are not even aware that they are around, a few that use it day and night and a few that are searching for trouble.
Nowadays we all have some private troubles, one bigger then the other, and we tend to hare them as well with our on line friends. What is okay, of course, that's where friends are for-
Now there you see the danger. Sharing things with firends is okay, they help and care. But in those days that we consider social networks, Facebook, as a friend, we tend to mix up and tell our friend FaceBook what is wrong in our life. Problems at work, share them with FaceBook, FB will take care. But FB has as well eyes with your bosses and enemies.
Problems in your family (and who has not)? Share them with your big friend FB. There is always someoen who cares, or who supports you. No matter if you are right or wrong, someone DOES listen to you.
That, in my opinion, is the biggest danger that our friend FB (and the others) is for us. FaceBook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google, they ar NOT human! People who use it are. So, when you start writing something about persons, how rude are you treated, how desperate you are, and share it with your friend FB, your friend FB will share it with all your friends. And there is always someone who understands what you mean. And there is often someone who in fact should not read your words, or who can interprete them wrong.
I did see that myself as well. A she, who is realy close to me, did hurt me. We did not share it with our big friend FB, but we did it in emails. A tiny bit more private that is. Not much, but still.
Then, there was that remark that she did place and did share with her huge friend FB. And of course, someone did react. The someone that reacted is exactly the other one that did hurt me. Who is so keen to not share the stuff with his big friend FB. But he did react. Big friend FB did share it with me. I was already unfriended and blocked, but the info came still to me. I shall not react further on it, but the fact that I did see that reaction, I didnt ask for it, made me realize how vulnerable we all are on line.
No matter how careful we are, there is no guarantee that your messages might reach eyes that you dont want to see them. And when you use your personal time line to tell your friend FB your sorrow, you can be sure that there are people reading it, who shouldnt.
Share what you like, it is lovely to see what you eat, it is lovely to see you having fun with your friends, it is wonderful to see great pictures and wisdoms that you found.
We all make the mistake to put some private matters on line and share it with our friend FB. And it is good to realize that he is not our friend. He is the biggest danger for your life and can ruin it. More then the personal issues that you have with others. Be careful!
I call Facebook a smoke curtain,cause people can post all kinds of things,but is it in reality the same story ? who cares,cause facebook is an other dimention,a dreamworld,bro nice post :)
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