Facebook is free and I believe the saying is “if somebody is giving you something for nothing, then you’re the product”. Don’t put up important personal information.

Facebook will go down the same path as Bebo and MySpace – Once its users being to discover that Facebook uses and sells every kb of info for a profit and if the profit begins to reduce – the lines begin to move – users decline and deactivate accounts – at the same time as the next generation decide that its too old and uncool – and move on to ………

It’s simple, if you don’t want your privacy infringed, then don’t post stuff online!
Or at least read T&C’s before joining such sites!

A good friend told me when I was signing up for myspace back in the day not to use my real name.. In hindsight some of the most valuable advice I was ever given..

My private life is my private life, before employers were snooping on facebook how did they do it? Secretly stick a private investigator on you to see what you got up to at the weekend and what TV shows you watch? No, so why has this suddenly become acceptable?

Just because I have a facebook for keeping in touch with friends and family does not give an employer / potential client to stick their noses in my private life, nor does it give facebook the right to share my information with the highest bidder.
Then there’s the link up of social media, like here for example. While I can guage a poster on their contribution, I am also aware that there are those who may not contribute, were I to say something that someone else took as reason for hostility, I do not wish to lead them to my personal facebook page – hence why I got a twitter account (mind you, some of the commenters here do not seem to grasp that some people use pseudonyms for valid reasons such as the above). I make full use of my privacy controls, but even those have limits.

It is not that I have nothing to hide, or that I wish to mislead, I’m just protecting my right to privacy. Something the providers of social media do not appear to respect.

Managing your data on a social media platform or websites is key.
It is not so much about what you share online about yourself but what others will also share about you.
Online reputation is a difficult asset to manage. Should it be at corporate level or individual level.
Here is an article we wrote on the topic – http://www.targetonlinemarketing.com/en/blog/119-you-yes-you-on-the-web.html

Can’t live with it, can’t live without it.

Oooooopsy pressed enter too quickly

Another important point in our tough economic times is how are all of those social media platforms used in a work environment?
On the ”not-so-positive” side of things, social media platforms have now become a formidable tools to screen cadidates, check this infographic – http://www.targetonlinemarketing.com/en/blog/134-infographic-monday-social-media-screening.html
On the bright side, social media can also be used to recruit candidates, http://www.targetonlinemarketing.com/en/blog/143-infographics-mondays-social-media-recruitment.html

Whatever you do, what you post and more importantly what others post about you!

What the fuck are you hiding?