One of the interesting current news that I read is about Mark Zuckerberg's older sister, Randy Zuckerberg, who accidentally shared a family photo intended for friends went public.
A few days ago, Randy Zuckerberg posted a photo of Mark Zuckerberg exaggerated reactions to messages sent using the newly launch "Poke" feature at Facebook. Apparently, she intended the photo for her close friends only, but evidently this photo was also visible to the friends of those tagged in the picture due to the Facebook privacy setting.
The photo was then shared on Twitter by Callie Schweitzer, who follows Randy's Facebook page and also befriended Randy's sister. So when the photo appear on Schweitzer's news feed, she assumed it was from Randy's FB page and thus for public consumption. The next thing you knew, Randy blasted Schweitzer on Twitter. In the end, Zuckerberg chalked it up to bad etiquette, not Facebook's sometimes-confusing privacy setting. (Seriously?)
To be honest, how many of us feeling cheated by Facebook's privacy setting, which keeps changing every now and then that it's becoming more difficult to keep our privacy. It is one of the reason why I don't spend so much time on Facebook anymore. Nowadays, everytime I want to post something online, I will always ask myself, "Am I okay with this photo/blog entry being seen/read by the world?"
There is, in fact, online etiquette, but nowadays we can't really control what people do online. But we can protect ourselves by not providing them with materials that we don't want the world to see.Moreover, what can we expect from free Social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc? It is free and we always have the option not to use them.
