quick social media question

Terminator2000

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what do you guys do when it comes to putting up pictures of yourself on social media sites, facebook, okcupid, plentyoffish, instagram, twitter, etc etc...

i've been wondering how people put up so many pictures of themselves on facebook and instagram where they post a new pic of themselves up every single day.

dont they worry that these pics can fall into the wrong hands and be manipulated in some way.

some people post up pics of themselves with no worry whatsoever.

yet i worry about even putting up a pic on facebook.

do you guys proceed with caution when posting pics up on social media sites like facebook or instagram? especially family photos and 'selfies'?

i know some people follow strict rules like cut the face off if you're going to post up a body pic, so that you can deny that its your body pic. celebrities follow this rule when posting racy pics. and followers figure it out by pinpointing birth marks that only belong to the celebrity, etc etc. ala the recent icloud hack photo leaks of 40 female celebrities.

what about okcupid and plentyoffish?

i found co-workers on some of these sites. okcupid. in which i quickly deleted my profile before they found me on there.

even at work, there are strict rules and boundaries when posting on facebook where co-workers and clients can read your posts.

many workplaces end up on the news where workers get in trouble due to things posted on social media sites. dalhousie-dentistry-complaints

some employees lose their jobs for posting up pics of themselves...

hell i even worry about having the same alias every year. cause people tend to catch on that you're the same person.

and then there's google. where people can just type up the alias and your name and your internet history for the past 20 years pops up clear as day. every forum you posted on. every post you made, every thread you created. every topic you discussed, every question you asked on the internet pops up clear as day.

do you follow any restrictions, rules when posting up pics of yourself?
 
Great question, Terminator.

I've been struggling with this question myself for a while. I don't do dating sites, but I've never had a problem with posting pictures to my social websites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Since I'm pretty camera shy, I don't post pictures of myself a lot, but they do go up from time to time. I've also been a little cocky in the security/privacy realm. My thoughts have always been "if someone wants to stalk me, let them. I've got nothing to hide and nothing to be ashamed of." (My favourite hobby withstanding)

However, to your point, the popularity of memes like Scumbag Steve, Bad Luck Brian, Scumbag Stacey, etc. are at a high. These people didn't ask to have their photograph seen by literally everyone with an internet connection, but because they or someone else posted a picture of them to Facebook, and somebody else said "that guy looks like a douchebag" they're fucked.

I'm still pretty lax about the whole thing with mostly my own laziness to blame, but I should really get around to locking things down a little better.
 
Dalhousie suspends 13 dentistry students over Facebook page

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and i know that my workplace is all over facebook. we're talking more than a thousand strangers at my workplace, co-workers, clients, patrons...that can post a meme or picture of you that makes you look bad.

guess, im answering my own question here. when it comes to sites like instagram, facebook, and especially okcupid and plentyoffish. anyone can come across your profile and make you look bad.
 
I like to share vacation or pics with my friends. That's about it. No compromising photos tough i.e. drunk, passed out, etc. You can get in trouble (including being fired) for sharing those type of pics though. Remember that you can get into trouble for just about anything you post on social media including text comments. The Toronto Police board chair got a big negative backlash about comments he made on his Facebook page.

Just use common sense when posting on line. If you wouldn't stand on stage with your comments or your photos, then they don't belong on social media. If you must share racy or questionable things, then be prepared for the back lash.
 
and i know that my workplace is all over facebook. we're talking more than a thousand strangers at my workplace, co-workers, clients, patrons...that can post a meme or picture of you that makes you look bad.

I'd like to think that online bullying isn't a prevalent problem at a large corporation, but who knows :)

In the broader, more worldly sense, you've got to take the odds of something as specific as a meme-ing scenario happening on the grand scale it does. People post so many pictures and there's so many people, the odds that your one picture gets meme'd and escalated on a global or even national/provincial basis has got to be pretty slim. Sure, kids are more susceptible to online bullying of this sort and someone could spread something around on a school-level, but I think that's as good (or bad) as the odds get.

As for the Dalhousie students, they kind of deserved what they got, don't you think? It wasn't a matter of them posting a picture and somebody cherrypicking and running with it. The guys posted some pretty terrible stuff on a semi-public forum. Even if it was a private forum, they got what they deserved.

We all have dark sides, dark thoughts, whatever. You can't help it. But keep that shit to yourself.
 
I just took down Several photos off some of these sites.

Might do it on facebook also, too.
s.haunw19: even decent photos can get meme'd.
 
I don't put up any pictures on facebook, hell i don't even put my real name.
Why people are so quick to post everything about themselves is beyond me.
 
I don't put up anything on social media. One, I like privacy and two, I don't think anyones life is that important in the greater scheme of things. And three, I think one has to be an ego maniac to think people are really that interested in you.