Public—or private?
PUBLIC SHARING
Social media is for sharing information. As obvious as this may seem, many people are understandably reluctant to create an online presence. Why? They have many legitimate reasons; common ones include concerns about identity theft, a desire to not leave a digital footprint, hiding from a stalker or other dangerous person, and so on.
However, there are benefits of having a public face. They include:
Social media is for sharing information. As obvious as this may seem, many people are understandably reluctant to create an online presence. Why? They have many legitimate reasons; common ones include concerns about identity theft, a desire to not leave a digital footprint, hiding from a stalker or other dangerous person, and so on.
However, there are benefits of having a public face. They include:
- Greater exposure to your ideas, services, or products
- Commitment to "being yourself" on the web
- Accountability to your declared goals
- Connect with people in a greater social network
- Fuel for social movements
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PRIVACY ISSUES
Here are some provocative talks and articles concerning privacy.
Here are some provocative talks and articles concerning privacy.
- Web privacy: in praise of oversharing
- The benefits of publicness
- Disruptions: seeking privacy in a networked age (New York Times)
- Privacy concerns keep users away from social sign-in
- Public is public except in journalism
- The Internet is a surveillance state (CNN)
- After your final status update (TED Talks, Adam Ostrow)
- Your online life permanent as a tatoo (TED Talks, Juan Enriquez)
- Tracking the trackers (TED Talks, Gary Kovacs)
- Why privacy matters (TED Talks, Alessandro Acquisti)
- FBI, here I am! (TED Talks, Hasan Elahi)