As Facebook has continued to evolve over the past couple of years, more and more of the world have decided to give the extremely popular social networking site a whirl. Originally intended for college students, Facebook has expanded it’s demographic to all ages. Children as young as 13 and even grand-parents are jumping on the bandwagon these days. But for most college-aged students these days, the second their mom decides to “facebook friend” them spells trouble. All of the sudden every comment you make, every picture you are tagged in and for the most part, every move you make on Facebook suddenly must hold strong under the question “What will mom think if she sees this?”
The whole concept of having parents using the same sites as their children raises several points, some good..and some not so good. First of all, we’ve now reached an age in which technology reigns supreme over all age groups. Never before has everyone been so digitally connected no matter their race, creed or colour. Facebook seems to transcend the age barrier that has for so long created a division between young and old.
But does this fact have certain repercussions for some Facebook users? I’ve already mentioned the horrors of having parents on Facebook watching your every move, but they aren’t the only red flags that must be watched out for these days. With almost everyone nowadays aware of the benefits of Facebook; teachers, coworkers and even people’s bosses are present on the site, with access to your photos and status updates. There have been countless stories of people getting the axe from their jobs over frustrated status updates about their bosses’ not so pleasant attitude. If fact, some employers have been known to scout out the pictures of potential employees on Facebook as method in deciding wether they would make a good employee or not. Definitely makes you want to think twice about who you add as friends.
And now a little video to drive the point home:
