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 making the profile look cool and you have links to many friends. Your mom makes her own profile and asks you to be her “friend.” Is that fair? Explain your thinking.
I think it's fair. I honestly feel that if you have a profile that you don't want your parents to see, or you share things that you wouldn't be able to talk about with them, you shouldn't have social media. It's not like you're giving your password to your parents, you're just adding them to your friends list.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this I feel like if you couldn't show your parents what you are posting then you shouldn't be posting it in the first place. I personally have many family members who can see everything on all my social medias.
DeleteI agree.
Deleteyes i agree you shouldn't have a social media if you don't want your parents to see it because obviously your doing something against what your parents want
DeleteI agree, you're only friending your parent, not giving them absolute access to your profile. Also having social media usually means your parents think you can be responsible and if you're hiding things you CHOOSE to share is that really being responsible?
DeleteI agree, don't post things if u don't want your parents seeing
DeleteYes, it's fair. She just wants you to be safe and not saying anything that could jeopardize your chances with future jobs. If you're posting something you don't want your mother seeing, maybe you shouldn't be posting it, even if you want to. Privacy, though, is very important to some pre-teens/teens and they often don't friend their parents. There's nothing wrong with wanting privacy, but if your mother wants to friend you on your first account, she probably just wants to know she can trust you on social media sites.
ReplyDeleteExactly, maybe you shouldn't post some things if you wouldn't want your family seeing it.
DeleteTrue. There's nothing wrong with earning your parent's trust. If you deny a parent's friend request, they might think you have things to hide and might not trust you as much.
DeleteOr instead of using your real name for your accounts you could just use a fake name and nothing will jeopardize your future jobs.
DeleteI think if you want to post something that you don't want your parents to see, maybe you shouldn't post it at all, because you may have other family members who can also see all the things you post on social media, this will probably make you look bad in front of them.
ReplyDeleteI agree, but if you're on social media just to cause problems I believe your parents shouldn't let you access Facebook or Instagram, because most people go on the websites just to cause fights on people's posts because they disagree with them.
DeleteI agree with this because posting things that you should't post and having your family see that just makes you look bad and your family look bad because everyone will just assume your parents don't care what you post and so you should be safe when posting anything.
DeleteI also agree, things you post could not only make you look bad, but your family could get a bad reputation from what your posting online.
Deletei agree the stuff you post could have other people think you have a bad reputation.
DeleteI think it is a good idea to have your mother or father as your friends they can help you and make sure you are being respectful on the internet. Your parents can get annoying but they are doing that for the best and it will help you and it really won't affect you that much. From personal experience it does not affect me that much.
ReplyDeleteI agree, they are always doing whats best for you, yeah it may get annoying every once in awhile but that's what they're there for, too look out for you and keep you safe.
DeleteI agree, but my parents have never sent me a friend request, they barely even use social media, so I don't think they care that much.
DeleteI think it is fair. It is no big deal adding your parents on social media. Adding them keeps you more filtered of what you say on social media and if you don't want your parents seeing it then maybe you shouldn't post it. And if you still really want to post it make a another profile and don't tell your mom or add her. Having your parents on social media isn't as bad as people make it its nice it keeps you filtered and they can tag you in pictures from your childhood.
ReplyDeleteI agree, parents just want what's best for you.
DeleteI also agree, parents just wan to keep you safe while you are online.
Deletein some ways yes i think its fair because she can make sure you are not posting any bad things and she can watch out for you. your reputation on the internet is big because when you get a job they will search your name and see what kind of person you are on the social media. also though you might not want your mom commenting on your post or seeing everything you do. so i see both sides of this.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it's better to keep a good reputation on the internet. It's good for jobs and many of other things.
DeleteThat's true, it's not very fun to have everything you do be monitored by family
DeleteYes it is fair it keeps you from accidentally posting something bad in the first place and it gives your mom access to pictures that she may want to see if you are going somewhere cool and then share posts to other family members and friends. If you don't want to have your mom looking at your posts then you shouldn't be posting those type of posts anyways for your own sake especially if you think it would be inappropriate to the public especially a boss that could do background research and find that specific post.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteI think it is fair but, I personally don't have any of my family members on social media, they have never sent me a request or have said anything to me about it, so it doesn't matter to me. I rarely post on any social media, I just like scrolling through to see what's going on, no reason to be posting everything on my Social Media, just starts stuff.
ReplyDeleteNope, my mom ain't going to let add me as a friend. I probably won't use the account anyway so it would be useless to add me and if I wanted to post any funny memes I could. The account wouldn't be my real name anyway so people couldn't track my past.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I think its reasonable. If you share things that you dont want your parents to see then dont share them. If your parents dont like it, then imagine how your workplace or a college would feel about it especially if its innapropriate. Another good thing to think about before you share things is how you're going to be seen when you share them, you dont want a bad reputation.
ReplyDeleteI agree If its not for public eye then it should not be posted
DeleteExactly, there's nothing wrong in posting what you want to post -- but it just might backfire if you're not careful
DeleteExactly, there's nothing wrong in posting what you want to post -- but it just might backfire if you're not careful
DeleteExactly, there's nothing wrong in posting what you want to post -- but it just might backfire if you're not careful
DeleteI agree, if you don't want your parents seeing it I don't think anybody should
DeleteI think it's very fair honestly, considering she is your mom and she just wants to keep you safe and keep a good reputation. She's just looking out for you. After all if you don't want your family to see it than you shouldn't be posting it.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Being friends with your parents on social media can keep you from posting things that can come back to bite you in the future.
DeleteI agree if you don't want your parents seeing it don't post it. Its that simple
DeleteI also agree with yours because your parents just want you to make good choices
DeleteI think it's fair, although, if she did I don't think I'd be happy about it. If you don't want your parents seeing what you post because it has something that they'd consider "inappropriate to post"(maybe personal information, contains swearing, picture, etc.) What would future employer(s) think? That could cost you a chance of not being able to get a job somewhere, ruin your reputation or someone elses. I think she might be able to save some problems from happening. (Who's going to post things like that if their parents can see?) Its the truth.
ReplyDeleteEven though kids don't want their parents to be friends with them on any type of social media, I think that in some ways this is the best thing for the child. Some of the kids might think that this is unfair but really the parents are just trying to protect them. I also think that there is a limit where parents should stop hovering so much and let the kids be independent and responsible online. In able for this is happen the parents must educate the child about the dangers of using social media. Overall, why wouldn't it be ok to be friends with your parents?
ReplyDeletei agree parents are a good thing to have protecting you on social media. Also in some ways parents can get annoying and they start trying to control your social media too much.
DeleteI agree. It's fair for parents to see certain things but they should let them have some independence because if the parent is over protective thats what leads to the child being secretive.
DeleteI also agree thats why kids are secretive they dont want there parents to see
DeleteI agree, If you hide things from your parents, why even bother posting it.
DeleteI feel like your parents are just trying to protect you online and protect your image. There not trying to be mean or unfair. Most kids don't want their parents to follow them on social media but it really doesn't matter to me if they follow me or not because I don't have anything on my social media that I wouldn't want them to see
ReplyDeleteI agree your parents only want you to make good choices for your future
DeleteI agree, next time I see something even remotely bad or something I don't like on the internet, I'm going to go run to my mom instantly and tell her about it.
DeleteI agree, next time I see something even remotely bad or something I don't like on the internet, I'm going to go run to my mom instantly and tell her about it.
DeleteThere is nothing wrong with adding your parents on social media but there can be some things you post on it and that can get your parents attention and can cause harm towards you so watch what you post and it can cause other people to react differently and can have effect on them so all i have to say is too be careful on what your posting.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by "can cause harm towards you" no parent should physically hit kid for posting something they shouldn't have on social media. Just my opinion though.
DeleteI agree with you you should be cautious with what you post with your parents because you dont wanna get in trouble with anything and yo dont want your friends joking around inappropriately and have you parents find out and get in trouble
DeleteI believe that it's fair. If you are posting things you don't want your parents to see because maybe they wouldn't approve of it, then why post it? If you don't think they'll approve of it then who would?
ReplyDeleteI agree, if you have to hid it from your parents then maybe you shouldn't be posting it in the first place.
DeleteI think yes its fair, so they know what I am up to, I have multiple family members on my social media page, they can monitor what I'm doing and tell me if something wrong.
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