Comments on: My Revelation About The Internet (Or, Why Twitter Creeps Me Out) http://www.themarketingstudent.com/2008/05/31/my-revelation-about-the-internet-or-why-twitter-creeps-me-out/ Generation Y consumer behavior, marketing, advertising, Gen Y attitudes Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Duane Brown http://www.themarketingstudent.com/2008/05/31/my-revelation-about-the-internet-or-why-twitter-creeps-me-out/#comment-218 Duane Brown Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:05:12 +0000 http://www.themarketingstudent.com/?p=220#comment-218 @Michael - I agree with you. Only put online what you want and disregard the rest. It has worked quite well for me as well over the last 8+ years since 11th grade in high school @David if you only came to this conclusion now then where have you been when people get fired for having a blog and get caught lying about their location using plazes (plazes.com). This is and should be more then common sense by now and those who don't learn from the mistakes of others are doomed. @Michael - I agree with you. Only put online what you want and disregard the rest. It has worked quite well for me as well over the last 8+ years since 11th grade in high school

@David if you only came to this conclusion now then where have you been when people get fired for having a blog and get caught lying about their location using plazes (plazes.com).

This is and should be more then common sense by now and those who don’t learn from the mistakes of others are doomed.

]]> By: David Fallarme http://www.themarketingstudent.com/2008/05/31/my-revelation-about-the-internet-or-why-twitter-creeps-me-out/#comment-209 David Fallarme Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:47:02 +0000 http://www.themarketingstudent.com/?p=220#comment-209 @Stetoscope I see what you mean -- the point I'm making is that without the internet, he likely would not have been caught. The allure of the internet used to be that you could be anonymous, but that is quickly disappearing. @Michael Common sense, you'd think. Us college-aged people seem to have a balance of our parents' awareness of the importance of privacy, combined with our generation's love of technology. But people going online at younger ages develop such a comfort with the web that anything and everything is fair game. @Stetoscope
I see what you mean — the point I’m making is that without the internet, he likely would not have been caught. The allure of the internet used to be that you could be anonymous, but that is quickly disappearing.

@Michael
Common sense, you’d think. Us college-aged people seem to have a balance of our parents’ awareness of the importance of privacy, combined with our generation’s love of technology.

But people going online at younger ages develop such a comfort with the web that anything and everything is fair game.

]]> By: Michael Henreckson http://www.themarketingstudent.com/2008/05/31/my-revelation-about-the-internet-or-why-twitter-creeps-me-out/#comment-208 Michael Henreckson Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:58:43 +0000 http://www.themarketingstudent.com/?p=220#comment-208 Interesting concerns that all of us have to deal with. The way I get around it is just don't put up things that I don't want the world in general to know. If people get on my Facebook the most damaging information they're going to get is my cell phone number, and I'm not really trying to hide that from people who want to get in touch with me. On Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else online, I just don't post stuff that I don't want people to know. It's worked for me so far. :) Interesting concerns that all of us have to deal with. The way I get around it is just don’t put up things that I don’t want the world in general to know. If people get on my Facebook the most damaging information they’re going to get is my cell phone number, and I’m not really trying to hide that from people who want to get in touch with me.

On Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else online, I just don’t post stuff that I don’t want people to know. It’s worked for me so far. :)

]]> By: Stetoscope http://www.themarketingstudent.com/2008/05/31/my-revelation-about-the-internet-or-why-twitter-creeps-me-out/#comment-206 Stetoscope Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:21:22 +0000 http://www.themarketingstudent.com/?p=220#comment-206 Thank you for this post that raise the burning problem of privacy and the social Internet. I think, a lot of communication company may gather a lot of information on you. Your bank knows exactly the money you've got, where and when you spend it. Your phone operator knows exactly where you are and who you are talking to. The question is "why do we accept privacy-restriction?". I think it is because the benefits are really great. The exemple of Kevin, does not fit well beacause, in fact, he lied (and did not protect his privacy for this lie). If he had been really sick, all this privacy issue would not have appeared. S. Thank you for this post that raise the burning problem of privacy and the social Internet. I think, a lot of communication company may gather a lot of information on you. Your bank knows exactly the money you’ve got, where and when you spend it. Your phone operator knows exactly where you are and who you are talking to.

The question is “why do we accept privacy-restriction?”. I think it is because the benefits are really great.

The exemple of Kevin, does not fit well beacause, in fact, he lied (and did not protect his privacy for this lie). If he had been really sick, all this privacy issue would not have appeared.

S.

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