Like Not

Has social media made us careless?

I read a blog recently where a Filipino grade school computer teacher in A PRIVATE SCHOOL asked her students to open a Facebook account.  The reason? So they can "like" her daughter in a very local, small and totally not worth her job beauty pageant.

This is just one of the many reasons why I am starting to dislike Facebook, Twitter and other micro-blogging sites more and more. We, and yes I include myself, tend to abuse the platform given us every now and then. We also easily let go of ourselves online.  Sometimes, we create a different online alter-ego on the internet.

For example, some people tend to blabber away online but clam up offline. What is up with that?

One good measure I use whenever I want to posting something on Facebook or on this blog is whether a certain post is a good representation of what I really believe in.  What I mean is, if I post something inflammatory against, say, the marshals of Planet Venus, would I be able to hold up to that opinion no matter what? Am I willing to be ridiculed, judged or sued for that opinion?

Sometimes, we tend to just go with the flow without really understanding where the flow is headed.

Anyway, the here is the original blog post.  As an aside, I condone the assignment the teacher gave, though I think she should not be fired.  Suspended, perhaps?  May do her well to hide from her colleagues and re-assess herself for a while.