Comments on: Beware the Things You Share in the World of Social Media http://www.briansolis.com/2007/10/beware-things-you-share-in-world-of/ Defining the convergence of media and influence Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hansdek12 http://www.briansolis.com/2007/10/beware-things-you-share-in-world-of/comment-page-1/#comment-1566 Hansdek12 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:37:00 +0000 http://70.32.83.183/2007/10/30/beware-the-things-you-share-in-the-world-of-social-media/#comment-1566 What gets published about you is like a tattoo - with the difference that there is no surgeon with a laser that can take it away. It stays there forever.<br/>This is not something that is just related to social networks really - just that they make it easier for large groups of people to publish and hence record. Whatever gets published and recorded is like a tattoo.<br/>I experienced this first hand when material about me was published on a large global scale between 1999 - 2000. There was no Google for the massess then - but what occurred online and offline was recorded by large amounts of people. Since Google has become mainstream, I get Googled by business contacts and when I meet them for the first time - they often refer to that case in 1999(if they have the courage) and ask me to explain what happened.<br/><br/>Whatever you put out there about yourself or others about you - is permanent. What gets published about you is like a tattoo – with the difference that there is no surgeon with a laser that can take it away. It stays there forever.
This is not something that is just related to social networks really – just that they make it easier for large groups of people to publish and hence record. Whatever gets published and recorded is like a tattoo.
I experienced this first hand when material about me was published on a large global scale between 1999 – 2000. There was no Google for the massess then – but what occurred online and offline was recorded by large amounts of people. Since Google has become mainstream, I get Googled by business contacts and when I meet them for the first time – they often refer to that case in 1999(if they have the courage) and ask me to explain what happened.

Whatever you put out there about yourself or others about you – is permanent.

]]> By: KFFBOS http://www.briansolis.com/2007/10/beware-things-you-share-in-world-of/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 KFFBOS Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:52:00 +0000 http://70.32.83.183/2007/10/30/beware-the-things-you-share-in-the-world-of-social-media/#comment-1565 This is SO timely actually; just yesterday when a colleague left an update on a social network that was clearly born from frustration with people at work...you have to be careful now more than ever. What makes social media great is what also makes it dangerous. This is SO timely actually; just yesterday when a colleague left an update on a social network that was clearly born from frustration with people at work…you have to be careful now more than ever. What makes social media great is what also makes it dangerous.

]]> By: Shakira Brown http://www.briansolis.com/2007/10/beware-things-you-share-in-world-of/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 Shakira Brown Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:33:00 +0000 http://70.32.83.183/2007/10/30/beware-the-things-you-share-in-the-world-of-social-media/#comment-1564 Recently, I wanted to rant on my blog about my bank and something they did really unethically. I began to write my blog posting and realized I was giving away too much information. Such as my bank name and location - it was crazy. I deleted the blog entry in fear that I was making it too easy for identity theives. In efforts to engage - it easy too over engage! <br/>prbrandingzone.blogspot.com Recently, I wanted to rant on my blog about my bank and something they did really unethically. I began to write my blog posting and realized I was giving away too much information. Such as my bank name and location – it was crazy. I deleted the blog entry in fear that I was making it too easy for identity theives. In efforts to engage – it easy too over engage!
prbrandingzone.blogspot.com

]]> By: Xavier Vespa http://www.briansolis.com/2007/10/beware-things-you-share-in-world-of/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Xavier Vespa Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:22:00 +0000 http://70.32.83.183/2007/10/30/beware-the-things-you-share-in-the-world-of-social-media/#comment-1563 I love how those words of wisdom about online discretion end with the: <br/><i>So connect with me on Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce or Facebook.</i> I love how those words of wisdom about online discretion end with the:
So connect with me on Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce or Facebook.

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