1. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny Privacy and over sharing on social networks and blogs Slight topic change. The issues and scandals with Facebook lately are to hard to ignore, so we have focused quite heavily on it specifically, rather then all social networks and blogs.
2. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny “ I know you! In fact, I know all about you; I know your friends, your school, your employer, and your style. I read your emails too. I know your likes and dislikes, your political opinions. I know you better than you know yourself.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ_f7yOAzPU&feature=player_embedded
3. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny Privacy settings 101 Everyone Friends of friends Friends only My status, photos, and posts • Bio and favorite quotations • Family and relationships • Photos and videos I'm tagged in • Religious and political views • Birthday • Can comment on posts • Places I check in to • Contact information •
4. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny History of Facebook 2004 – Facebook launched Before this Mark Zuckerberg (the creator) had an earlier site shut down by Harved, after he had been caught hacking into the schools directories and posting students photos without consent. 2004 – 1 million users 2005 – Already open to collage students Facebook creates high school networks. 2005 – 5.5 million users 2006 – Facebook begins letting everyone join 2006 – 12 million users
5. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny History of Facebook 2007 – Facebook hits 20 million users 2008 – 100 million users 2009 – the ‘like’ button in activated. 2009 – Facebook changes privacy settings in a way that appears to give facebook ownership of users content 2009 – 250 million users 2009 – Facebook updated privacy settings after Canadian recommendations to give users more privacy from other users 2010 – 400 million users
6. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny History of Facebook 2010 – Facebook glitches allow users to see their friends private information and conversations, it also allowed advertisers to learn peoples identity 2010 – Facebook introduces ‘Places’ allowing users current locations to appear on their friends newsfeed. Currently over 500 Million users
7. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny Facebook Hit list “ the list of 69 names was posted on Facebook August 17″ “ the people on the list were given 3 days to leave town or they would be ‘executed’” “ Police originally believed the list to be ‘a joke’” “ 31 names were added a week later”
8. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny Why people overshare Social networking - people use social networking sites to connect with people by putting more detail into their profiles they are more easily found. Shopping – Everyone is fighting time nowadays, so shopping on the internet is one way to save time. It is a lot easier to search cheaper prices than going to shop to shop to shop. Attitude – Young people attitude to internet is vastly different to past generations. The idea that once something is on the internet it stays there. Young people carry the “I don’t care who sees it” attitude. Problems – Nowadays people are becoming socially retarded by living through their computers and not joining in the outside world.
9. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny Oversharing examples The top areas of concern found on social networking sites include: • Information about alcohol or drug use (41% of managers said this was a top concern) • Inappropriate photos or information posted on a candidate's page (40%) • Poor communication skills (29%) • Bad-mouthing of former employers or fellow employees (28%) • Inaccurate qualifications (27%) • Unprofessional screen names (22%) • Notes showing links to criminal behavior (21%) • Confidential information about past employers (19%)
10. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny Oversharing examples KFC- $3,000 per new team member -Are they going to be worth it? -What do I look for? -Why? Megan Meier- 13 years old-Hangs herself- "You’re the kind of boy a girl would kill herself over.” Carly Ryan- 15-vampirefreaks.com- ‘Brandon'-Murdered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE2Ru-jqyrY&feature=player_embedded
13. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny Hacking When you are surfing the web you may think you are anonymous, but there are various ways that information about you or your activities can be collected without your knowledge or consent It is now just so easy to hack into anyone’s account this website Easy Private profile viewer .com you can hack into anyones private profile account on facebook, myspace, twitter or friendster with the only condition being you have your own account.
14. Adam.Evie.Laura.Jenny conclusion Facebook wasn’t ignoring a PR crisis; there never really was one, because the vast majority of its customers never knew anything was happening “ most Facebook users just don’t care” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlqslTxKkmo&feature=player_embedded
