Even as a college student I still enjoy watching cartoons just because I find them to be funny and innocent in nature. One of my favorite shows growing up was Arthur, usually seen on Pbs Kids. One of their newer episodes actually relates to our class; the good and bad behind blogging. Long story short, one of the characters mentions “One should not write anything in an email they would not want to see on the front page of the newspaper.” This comment, I think, sums up what most people should think about before writing anything that can be made public content. This comment relates to many articles and discussions in class concerning texting and emailing. Sending an email or text to a friend is in our nature to ask the simplest questions. But what if in one message we are ranting to a friend about another friend, a work related situation, or anything negative, must we then worry that are private message will be leaked? Well in many instances that has been the case unfortunately.
Now we have to worry about personal conversations being spread through a social outlet, informing the world how we feel and think because one person decided to share another’s thoughts. If we have ever wronged someone, what are the chances that person will take what you have said and twist it to make you look bad? Again, this always happens. People like to make others look bad to feel better about themselves and nowadays it is as easy as ever to do so with evidence.
