Big Featured Discussions | November 01, 2010 | 7 comments

Do locked social networks give a false sense of privacy to members?

This past week brought with it yet another news story about a comment made on a locked social network coming to light with negative results.

In this latest incident, an Arkansas school official made a bigoted comment regarding the "Spirit Day" effort being organized in light of a recent wave of suicides by LGBT youths. The comment was made on his Facebook page, but was quickly circulated around the web even after the post was removed.

Given that this is not the first time a poorly thought out remark made on a social network has found its way to the public, it seems rather astonishing that people continue to post such controversial comments in public forums online, where it is so easy for them to be captured, forwarded, and passed along. 

Does the ability to control who "friends" us on a social network provide a false sense of security? What will it take for people to realize that anything on the inernet is part of a public forum that may come back to haunt them?

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