Whopping Statistics – “400 million active users, 500 billion minutes per month, 25 billion pieces of content shared per month” – define the universal social networking site www.facebook.com (aka FB). Similar astronomical figures also represent other networking sites and platforms like Orkut, Twitter & MySpace. Social networking portals like Facebook and Twitter have been successful in casting their spell of lure on teenagers and adults in USA, with its users sharing personal details and social reputation to the extent unprecedented ever before. Even, the founder of CEO of twitter was amazed to observe the extent of sharing twitter users have habituated to.
Running the risk of compromising on the privacy levels and of tarnishing social reputation has turned a group of FB users skeptic and precarious of using facebook. The risk turns higher for the career-making group (18-29 age group) as recruiters are constantly using social networking sites and google search in order to cross check the candidate they are hiring. So next time you share your opinions, photos and experiences on these platforms, withhold yourself and post. As contents shared by you may non-intently present a social reputation and identity contradicting your actual personality & identity; consequentially the magical potion of lure may turn insidious.
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