FaceBook Means Business
So what’s wrong with having the ability to poke your friends with a knife (digital knife)? No harm no foul, right? Wrong! Facebook showed today that they mean business as they killed an application that allowed users to superpoke their friends with a knife. I am not going to argue whether FaceBook is right or wrong here. There is a good lesson here for all of us to learn. Social networks are public places, and whatever you do there can be seen by employers, colleagues, and your enemies. So if you are a politician and are having an affair, you don’t change your marital status to complicated from married as you sure going to get some coverage for doing that. That’s an extreme example but do not use Facebook to:
You may try to hide your identity and do the above things, but if a connection is found between you and these comments, you can pretty much kiss your future goodbye. And you can be prosecuted to the full extend of law for harassing others on the Internet, so don’t think for a second that FaceBook is a playground that anything goes. Play it safe and avoid nasty surprises.
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