Facebook Article

I have been a facebook user for about 4 1/2 years. I created one when I first entered college and I’m glade I did it. I was able to stay in communication with those I’ve known before college. It was nice to see their status and know that they were doing okay away at school. Then it branched out to those I knew at school. I used it for socializing and education. Sometimes a student would facebook me to ask for a homework assignment. It is a great social networking tool. Other ways that facebook is utilized is for promotion of an event, awareness about current events and even fundraisers. Usually to get the word out and have a lot more people aware of what is going on in the community.
I agree with this: “The potential uses of Facebook are perhaps more limited than those of Second Life, but the connectivity of Facebook mixed with its ability for integrated multimedia, polling, and asynchronous chat could be put to use in an academic setting” from A World I Don't Inhabit: Disquiet and Identity in Second Life and Facebook Fixed. Facebook creates another way for people to stay connected. With that being said I’m not sure being connected with a professor on facebook is acceptable. The idea of a higher authority being able to read what you did last night makes you feel a little uneasy to be honest. I have a mentor who I love so much but we are not friends on facebook. It keeps life separate. I’m not afraid of what my professor knows about me but at the same time I want to write what I would like to write without feeling censored.
Feeling censored from a professor should be the least of my worries. I say that because I don’t think any of my information is private. You can actually goggle someone’s name and his or her facebook page will pop up. Allowing millions of people maybe with the same name view your facebook. So if all I share is how class was or maybe if I’m studying abroad. I don’t like to put anything major on facebook. And I don’t think anyone else should either. But who am I to tell someone what to put on his or her page. Everyone is allowed freedom of speech. I think there’s etiquette for facebook like perceived loss in staff productivity; data leakage from staff gossiping freely in an open environment; malware and phishing scams practiced by cyber-crooks (Social Networking and Business page 2). All those to me should be the things you don’t do with facebook. That seems like your taking advantage of your privilege to share information.
I try my best not to air my personal life on facebook. I guess by doing that I have not been in an awkward situation because of something I posted or did not post.