Your Online Image #1
You've discussed in your Keynote presentations about how important it is for you to be very careful when you're online.
- be careful with your personal information
- be careful about what you say about others
- be careful about language, images, etc
- be careful about secrets, embarrassing or other personal info about others
Things that you post on line can also be damaging to your reputation - now, or in the future.
We're going to handle the blog differently the next couple of weeks. You will be presented with different scenarios, that involve online social networking. Respond to the question(s) asked. Give your answer some thought.
First Scenario:
You are finally old enough to join a social networking site and set up your own profile. You spend a lot of time adding pictures and connecting with things that you "like", and you have links to many friends. Your mom makes her own profile and asks you to be her “friend.” What do you think about that? Explain your thinking.
I'd be alright with it and would be her 'friend' because it doesn't really bother me. I understand a lot of people don't like their parents knowing about their social life and who their friends are. There are things that a lot of people might post that aren't well thought through. So if you're just smart enough to not put stupid stuff online, then you should be a lot better off. I would add my mom and be fine with it.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat agree but I would probably still block my parents if I could because they tag me in a lot of things and it's really embarrassing
DeleteMe too Jackie, it doesn't bother me at all if i'm "friends" with my parents on social media.
DeletePersonally I would block my mom and dad on every social media app possible. I dont post bad stuff but If i get tagged in a post that is bad, it will show up on my parents homepage. So I dont bother to friend my parents. Happy Monday
ReplyDeleteBlocking is a bit extreme but yes i agree with you Hunter.
DeleteYeah i think blocking is to much, but i think not letting them follow you or pretending not to see their friend request is good enough.
DeleteWhat Brooke said blocking is very extreme Hunter, but otherwise I agree with you.
DeleteI agree with this statement, I would not wont to get tagged in horrible post
DeleteI agree to a point. My parents have Facebook and that's it. I don't use Facebook almost ever, so having my mom as a friends on there never really mattered.
DeleteI always deny my parents on everything besides facebook because i just share stupid stuff on there
DeleteHunter I agree with you on if you get tagged on something bad cause it could get you in trouble and it would just because someone posting something stupid on social media
DeleteI mean i guess that makes sense but how often would u get a terrible post
DeleteI think it would be embarrassing if my mom was my friend on Instagram or something, because she would probably comment something stupid, and would be really nosey about anything I post, but I don't really care about Facebook because I never really post anything on Facebook, and Facebook is like a mom type social media site. Also my dad has an iPhone 4 and barely knows how to use it to call or text, so he wouldn't care.
ReplyDeleteI agree Morgan my parents would post something stupid, or be nosey about everything I do.
DeleteGood statement Mo, parents can get nosy when they don't know who your friends are or what they say.
DeleteMorgan, you could always just disable commenting though.
DeleteI can't have my parents on social media. Its not my dad because he usually just doesn't care because he just laughs at everything, its my mother, she likes to know everything that goes on
DeleteI see what you mean. Parents can often be, "nosy" and not truly understand what you're posting how to react to it. It's really none of their business.
DeleteI agree that there's always a risk of a parent saying something dumb
DeleteI think it wouldn't be a good idea to friend my parents on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, etc. Usually parents comment on the posts you are tagged in or repost it. Plus some people need privacy and your parents don't need to know everything that goes on in your life.
ReplyDeletei agree because i feel like your parents don't need to be on everything possible just to see what you are doing all the time.
DeleteFully agree with u brook, teenagers don't want parents and other people to know ur peronsal live because they might feell insecure sometimes.
DeleteI agree, we all deserve to have some freedom in our lives, our parents looking over our shoulders all of the time limits the fun we can have.
DeleteI don't really think i would care if my mom wanted to be my friend on social media because i really don't post anything or anything like that so i wouldn't care. But I think my mom would comment on my stuff and post about me and i would think its embarassing.
ReplyDeleteYou have a good point Lili about how you wouldn't care if you post that much so It wouldn't matter if your mom seen it.
DeleteI agree with you lili ablut letting your parents on your social media but some parent just want to know everything.
Deletei agree lili im friends with my on facebook because shes a slug and i kinda have to but she does like to comment and so does my grandma
Deleteyes Lili, I agree with you. If my mom commented on my stuff I would be embarrassed to.
DeleteI agree, I don't think its necessary for parents to be involved in our social lives.
DeleteI don't put anything out there that is bad enough that my parent cant see it. It wouldn't
ReplyDeletereally bother me, unless all she does is talk about it.
Exactly, there is nothing to really hide from my parents, so it wouldn't really matter.
DeleteMe too Shane. There isn't anything I'm worried about my mom seeing and all she does is mind her own business anyways so I never mind having her as a friend.
DeleteI agree, I don’t have anything to hide from my parents but all they do is bring it up.
DeleteI agree, I dont post anything bad where i wouldnt want my parents to see it
DeleteI agree with you 100%, I rarely post anything to and my parents probably would be mad if they could't see my account to
DeleteI wouldn't add my mom as a friend on snapchat or let her follow me on instagram but I wouldn't care if they wanted to be friends on facebook, I barely use it so I would probably forget that I even have them as a friend.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that i think i would honestly just forget, my mom would probably not even do anything.
DeleteDepending on the social media site, I would have a different opinion. My instagram and snapchat are parts of my personal life, but facebook I'd let them. It's not so much as I have things to hide, as much as I enjoy my personal space.
ReplyDeleteI agree you need space from everything once in a while and social media does that.
Deletei agree with you ez personal space is nice and going on social medie and dong things you like gives you some space
DeleteI argree but my mom doesn't care so i dont have that issue
DeleteI wouldn’t really care if they are on my social media because I don’t put anything bad out there but some people having privacy and some parents don’t give you that. Some parents think they need to know everything that has happened to you.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Keira. I don't care if my parents see my stuff, but I'd like to have my own personal stuff with my friends only.
DeleteI agree 100% with you
DeleteOn Facebook, I have no problem being friends with my parents. I don't really use Facebook all that often, so it doesn't make a difference. The problem with Instagram is that in my opinion, it should be a place for me to interact with my friends. I don't post things that I wouldn't want my parents to see, it's just that I feel like it's stuff for my friends and I.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind because i don't post ever so it doesn't matter to me they can't see anything anyway.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind because i don't post ever so it doesn't matter to me they can't see anything anyway. I wouldn't post anything that i wouldn't want my parents to see.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Seth
DeleteI have no problem being friends with my parents on social media. My mom doesn't really know how to work social media and she barley goes on Instagram and snapchat, and my dad doesn't use social media at all. I personally don't post anything bad on social media so i'm not concerned about being friends with my parents.
ReplyDeletei am on the same page with you hannah, i could care less if my parents were friends with me on any social media
DeleteI don't really care if my mom has me on any social media. I don't post anything bad so it really doesn't bother me. Maybe it's just me but if my mom knew how to use all the social media apps i have and she started commenting, I wouldn't care because it's my mom. It would be stupid to get mad at your mom for commenting, sharing, tagging you in stuff when you added her back/ let her follow your social medias.
ReplyDeletei mean its different in all scenarios it depends on what type of kid you are and what you share or post now i post goofy and silly things all the time but im still friends with her on facebook and snap but i did block her on snap just because if she wants to get ahold of me she can call or actually text me
ReplyDeleteMy mom doesn't know how to work snapchat but even if she did, I wouldn't mind having her on snap. But I see where you're coming from with you wanting her to text or call you when she wants to get ahold of you instead
DeleteIm in the same boat. I dont want to be friends with them on anything besides facebook
DeleteI personally wouldn't mind having my mom on social media, my mom is my mom and we are close and she already knows everything going on in my life, plus she is funny on facebook.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is so cool that you and your mom are so close. I don't think that a lot of people have that connection with there mom.
Deleteme too Abbey, my mom knows everything going on in my life because me and her gossip all the time, so i wouldn't really care if she's my friend online.
DeleteI follow my parents on facebook but I would't follow them on instagram because I think what I post on instagram is for my friends. I don't use facebook a lot and I don't put pictures on there that I wouldn't want my parents to see because there friends can see it.
ReplyDeletei follow my parents on facebook but i block them from seeing my post and my parents block me from seeing there stuff. i just think parents don't need to see what we do sometimes. I love my keeping some stuff to my self.
ReplyDeleteThats a really good idea...I use to have my mom i snapchat but I blocked her from being able to see my story because I post a lot of depressing stuff
DeleteMe and my parents are friends on facebook and and snapchat i don't care if they see my posts because i dont post anything dumb
ReplyDeleteme and my mom are close so we talk on facebook a lot when im at friends house or out of town at my dads
ReplyDeletemy mom would be mad if i wouldnt add her on facebook or snapchat that just how she is
ReplyDeleteMy parents would be mad if I didn't friend them on Facebook too but i hate it because they tag me in a lot of weird things.
Deleteoh i dont have that like im friends with my parent on facebook but i tag them in weird stuff and they tag me in pictures of me.
DeleteIf my parents made a social media account after I did I would let them follow me if they wanted to because I don't post much on social media any way and when I do post something it's not bad or mean.
ReplyDeleteI could care less if my moms friends with me because i have nothing too hide on my social media so i couldn't care less
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