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

The article “On Facebook, Biggest Threat to Your Private Data May Be You” provides an already know perspective on social media sites. Although many are oblivious or seem not to care that everything they put on the internet is there forever and cannot be deleted, most people are well aware of the dangers of social media sites. As a user, it is best not to put up things that would be common sense. The article is well written, but its topic is well known and by now is just regurgitated information. The author, Jacquielynn Floyd, does make a good point that most the way most people upload things to the internet. She refers to stream-of-consciousness. She goes on to say that this is how people “…broadcast what they wore today, how they feel, what time they need to be at the dentist…” (Floyd 285). She goes on to say that when you are friends with someone like this on a social media site, that you are left to sift through this information and see what is pertinent to you. Although this article is the same as most of the others on social media sites and the dangers of using them incorrectly, I think it was well written, but with few, if any, new ideas to add to the dangers of social media. This article did not provide much information for my, but it did give me a phrase for how people share their lives with others. Some people do not know the dangers of social media and what effect it can have on the various stages of your life.