On Facebook, Biggest Threat to Your Private Data May Be You

I read the article “On Facebook, Biggest Threat to Your Private Data May Be You” by Jacquielynn Floyd.  Floyd starts off by saying she does not want to be poked, friended, or super-poked which are all Facebook terms.  After reading that the reader will assume that this article is going to be talked about how dangerous Facebook is.  The main idea I got after reading this article was that people do not understand how to keep their private life out of their public life for everyone to see. 

            Basically, what Floyd states is that your Facebook is public for everyone to see and read about your life and day to day routine.  Some people go overboard and post the exact times they have to be somewhere.  Angry critics stated that “Facebook owns you!” which means anything you post or what your friends tag you in is public and Facebook owns it.  On Facebook some people will post their life story for you to read and know about, while others post absolutely nothing.  I think this article is working because Floyd gives examples to help her argument that Facebook is a dangerous place to post your private life for the public to see. 

            I agree with Floyd that Facebook is not a place to post your personal life on for everyone to see.  Posting everything and anything on your Facebook can be very harmful to you and your future.  Posting inappropriate pictures, comments, statuses can affect you on getting into college or getting hired for a new job.  Also, I agree that you should not just “friend” someone if you barely know them or have not even seen or spoken to them in years.  Facebook is just not the place to post your life on.