Social Media; Facebook; Twitter; Privacy
Facebook Overshare!
How do you feel about sharing your baby's photos on Facebook?
Do you proudly plaster your little bundle of joy all over your profile for all to see, or are you a little more selective when it comes to sharing your little one's mug with all 500+ of your friends?
Me? I suppose I'm somewhere in between when it comes to sharing (and seeing) baby photos all over Facebook.
I mean, on one hand, who doesn't love squealing over adorable photos of tiny squishy-faced babes, even if it's a friend of a friend of a friend that you only met once and friended on Facebook as a spur of the moment, "OMG I'm totally friending you right now!" moment, only to never see or speak to them again?
No matter who's babies they are, they're adorable, right?
But, on the other hand...when that friend of a friend of a friend posts pictures of the actual delivery, complete with the proud new dad cutting the cord, do you get the same warm feeling as you do when you see that baby all snuggled up in a swaddler and newborn cap?
I bet not. I know I don't. Heck, I don't even want to see those pictures on my Facebook feed even if it's a close friend or family member. Some things were meant to stay in the delivery room, folks.
I've asked around a bit and it seems my circle of Facebook friends run the gamut. Some share everything, including their pregnancy symptoms, ultrasound pictures, how far along they are with baby bump pics every week/month, cravings, nursery tours, doctor's appointments, etc. etc. etc, right up to (and through) delivery.
But I've also had a few Facebook friends who have had babies and I have been none the wiser until I see them in person or speak to them personally. They have no trace of their pregnancy or child on the Internet, whether it be due to privacy concerns or simply because they aren't as "connected" as others.
Beyond the Tongue Ring... What Is Willow Smith Doing on Instagram?
It was the (fake?) tongue ring seen 'round the world. Yesterday, news of 11-year-old Willow Smith getting a tongue ring blew up on the Web. The "wild child" daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith had posted a pic of herself and a friend with fresh "piercings" (hers on her tongue and her friend's on her chin/lower lip) on Instagram... Side note: Parents, if you don't know what Instagram is, you probably should (photo-sharing social media platform connected to Facebook).
It turns out -- according to singer/actress Willow anyway -- that the piercings were just fake. "It's fake... Sorry," she later commented on her Instagram photo. But not before the masses saw it and wondered, "Where are her parents?!!"
Well, a new hole in your child's head is one thing to be concerned about... But I would say, the bigger question in this era of cyber-scariness might be, why would an 11-year-old -- even a rebellious celeb offspring with a "career" of her own (yes, folks, she sings one of your faves: 'I Whip My Hair Back and Forth') -- have her own (well-publicized) Instagram and Twitter accounts?
Teacher Suspended for Facebook Post
A first-grade teacher in New Jersey was suspended on Friday for comments she made about her students on her facebook page.
Although many school districts don't have a social media policy, it usually depends on a per case basis whether or not any action will be taken.


