Summary:
In " Virtual Popularity Isn't Cool-It's Pathetic" by Ian Daly, he explains his reasoning why virtual popularity isn't cool. One of his examples is when employers go to hire a lot of them look you up on the internet, and when they search your name your pictures from Facebook pop up. They can see every picture you have put up and if they don't agree with the lifestyle you portray on the internet they can easily resign their job offers. Ian Dale goes on to say that you don't need to put every aspect of your life on Facebook because everyone doesn't need to know everything about your life and if they did they could just call you.
Response:
I agree with what Ian Daly is saying. People today don't realize that putting everything you do in your social media accounts can hurt you. Even if it's not on your page personally and your still tagged in it your employers can find it and it can potentially hurt you. Colleges and employers really look at your social media accounts to see what type of person they are going to bring into their work or school and if you have inappropriate things you can jeopardize everything. So I agree with Daly when he says being cool on the internet isn't actually cool it can affect a lot of your life.
I agree with you that people forget that social media can actually hurt your real life. Like you said, employers will look at your social media to determine what kind of person you are and In some cases that can hurt you.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you people don't realize how posting certain things on social media can affect them. I've heard stories about employers looking at you Facebook and look at everything you have on their. Nothing on the internet is private someone will can always have access to see your things even if it is private. It takes up to much of peoples time and is just a waste. People should realize that updated profiles or writing what you doing or looking for trouble gets you no where.
ReplyDeleteI think we can take this even one step further. I'm sure you three know of Michael Brown's killing in Ferguson over the summer. One of the conversations that was elicited by that event was focused on how black victims are portrayed in the media. The first picture selected of Brown by the media showed him in a red tank top, with a glaring stare and using a hand gesture--all of which in most people's minds equated to "gang member." Where did this picture come from? His social media accounts. This is obviously an extreme example, but the images and posts we link to our social networking sites inform how others will see us, and they live on forever--even past our deaths.
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