Three Financial Dangers of Social Media by Bankrate.com
If you’re a social media butterfly, here’s an article that outlines a few financial pitfalls you might encounter if you run rampant on sites like Facebook and Twitter. I have a like-hate relationship with Facebook. I just get sooooooo sick of hearing people’s tiny daily details. I don’t care if you’ve got on new socks or your kid spilled milk on your car seat. I’ve gotten so disgusted with social media, I deleted my Facebook account on two occasions. Guess what? They never delete your information. They store it so when you come back (and you will come back *evil laugh*), you can just sign in and pick up where you’ve left off. Joy.
Many folks have lost or almost jobs, benefits, lawsuits, not to mention relationships and in this article Bankrate.com tackles three dangers related to employment, scams, and debt collection. About employment, the author says:
Even employees who think their jobs are safe can sabotage themselves by being too honest online about their personal lives, or by posting feelings regarding a boss, client, co-worker or company for whom they work.
“We’ve seen a lot of cases of people publishing status updates that have gotten them in trouble,” says Justin Smith, founder and editor in chief of Inside Facebook. ”People have said things that have caused problems with their boss because of what they said about their work or because they’ve shared some other kind of private information about work online.”
Caroline McCarthy, a staff writer at CNET News, says the best defense against such mistakes is to use plain old common sense. Remember, anything that appears on the Web is just a screenshot away from spreading quickly, despite the best efforts of social media users to keep it private.
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