How far should you go???

Due to the recent change in privacy services with the popular social networking website Facebook, the issue of posting innapropriate photos and information is being talked about not only with users but serious corporations and businesses. These sites have become everyday activities for many people, especially college students, to keep in contact and up to date with friends and family. The privacy issues with some of the social networking sites has become a problem with many students who have innapropriate photos posted on their page.
Many students are having to take notice of what they are posting of these sites because of safety issues. "If they want to post pictures of themselves that could be deemed as inappropriate, that is their prerogative," says UC student Duane McDonald. "If I find it inappropriate, I just won't look at their pictures."
One recent issue with innapropriate photos has put a few UC students reputation in jeopardy because of their affiliation with the athletic department. Photos that were posted from an event put together by a couple of students from the spirit squads have been declared as innapropriate because of the alcohol in the photos. This of course brings up the issue of underage drinking because of these students drinking illegally.
"My dancers are not allowed to put any innapropriate pictures on any sites that involve drugs or alcohol because of the reputation of this team," head coach Lisa Spears explains. "We are representing this university and are role models for many young dancers and I take great pride in that."
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg explains the new terms of service for Facebook provides users to delete photos they do not want shown but they are still saved through databases for them. "The trust our users have in us to provide the best safety terms is important so we would never share personal information if they didnt want us to," claims Zuckerberg.
Businesses and corporations have also gotten to experience these social networking sites as well by using them for hiring purposes. Many CEO's and managers look at interested employees pages for backgroud information and other personal things to help them in deciding whether they are good candidates for the job.
"Although I don't post inappropriate pictures on my profiles I don't feel like my Facebook or Myspace should have anything to do with how I perform at my job or should factor into whether or not I should be hired or not," UC student Amy Wray says. "I keep my profiles on private to begin with and only add people I know and consider friends."

So we have to decide how we want to be portrayed in the eyes of others. These social networking sites have become so important to some for contact purposes but they also have to remember they are putting themselves out there for everyone to see.