Since Facebook was discovered and eventually put up on line, the lives of many people have changed. They are now in touch with high school friends, old College buddies and University friends.
The new thing today is to blame Facebook for all sorts of stupid things such as people getting robbed or worse yet, people getting divorces because Facebook has allowed old lovers to find each other, and or for robbers or friends of robbers get information concerning when a person will be home. I say humbug to all of this.
If someone’s marriage is strong it wouldn’t matter if ten ex-lovers came into that person’s life. If he or she had strong characters, no ex-lovers could ever break up a marriage. If the person contacted had a good marriage, I can’t see how old friends of any kind could come between a couple, married or not. Facebook is being blamed, but the true responsibility lies with the people involved, and the condition of their marriages when an outsider contacts them.
People claim to be robbed of their valuables because of Facebook, but here we go again. One should never post personal information about themselves or their lives on any social network, never mind one as big as Facebook. If for example a woman is single and going to the hair dresser for a perm, the last thing she should ever do is write the time of her appointment and how long she will be gone. Let’s face it, how would she know if one of her friends isn’t tied up with a gang that specializes in robbing people when they aren’t home? One could write, wow, I had my hair done today and the beauty technician did a really good job, I feel so good now that my hair has been styled.
This is what’s referred to as after the fact information. And that’s the kind of information that should be published on Facebook, not information that is about to happen.
If a person is so dumb to list their email address, then expect tons of spam mail because your email address should remain your secret, not open to the world to see, and when you post any information that is private and personal, it won’t remain that way for long. Good old fashioned common sense would come in handy for a lot of people who use Facebook, and less people would be hurt by this social network that has brought many good people together such as long lost friends.
Paul Faulkenham July 14 2010
