Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My college's PR department has asked the faculty to each make a FB page and "friend" their students. I haven't done so because it sends a message to the students that I want to change the relationship from professional to personal. But that really isn't the major issue for me. I don't have time to "supervise" my page and delete all of the crazy stuff that my "friended" people post on it. Things such as "One of my students and I are going on a date tonight!", and "I hate Dick Cheney!", and "The new Miss America is a ___________!" I have been consistently appalled by the stuff that people post on other people's FB pages. And despite the fact that teachers from various schools at various levels of education have been fired for writing remarks about their students' performances (in violation of FERPA), FB seems to bring out the idiot side of many folks. Jeffery On Sep 17, 2013, at 9:02 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: > > On Sep 17, 2013, at 1:46 AM, Jay Burleson wrote: > >> And you'd loose. >> Actually, you probably wouldn't even make it to court. >> By participating on Facebook (or any other digital realm that you do not >> personally own) you are subject to their terms and conditions. >> If aforesaid terms state that they can do what they like with words or >> images posted by you, then they have that right to make money off of it, >> since you happily consented to it by posting the stuff. >> You would be CHOOSING to abide by their rules. If you do not, then do not >> post anything. > > While this may hold a good deal of truth so do some of Mark's points. > > FB and all other "social media" continues to work at figuring out how to: > 1) monetize their technology > 2) protect the content provided by their "participants." > 3) protect themselves from law suits > 4) provide technology which users want to interact with > That's a very tricky line to walk. > > Failure in any of the 4 points threatens the viability of the "media." > and would result in "shooting themselves" in the foot or elsewhere. > > "Privacy" by definition = a very personal choice. > > I know a couple people who feel so protective of their privacy > that I cannot contact them. > I consider their POV "paranoid" > which doesn't mean that "they're not out to get you." > They feel a need to control every aspect of their information. > When they phone me - the number is hidden. > They participate in no social media. > They create as many hiding layers as possible to protect their "privacy." > > I, on the other hand, figure I'm either in this game; or not. > I try to use common sense to "protect my privacy." > Though I also choose to "participate" in the "state of the art of life." > and even marvel at > the fact that FB does in fact "learn" how to not offend me with ads > and occasionally guesses correctly and informs me of something > I'm actually interested in following up on. > > YMMV > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information