Social Networking - Guest Blogger Taqinah

Today we welcome a guest blogger, Taqinah from Diploma in Financial Business Informatics!

Hi Everyone! I’m Taqinah, from Temasek IIT school. Taking a diploma in Financial Business Informatics. Today, I’m going to share my views with you about social networking!

In this day and age, most of us have an account in social networking sites such as facebook and twitter. It is a great place for people to keep in touch and share our experiences without having to meet face to face.

Although social networking sites makes it easier for us to communicate without having to meet face to face, I believe that it should not replace face to face meetings. Social networking sites should be used in a way that encourages us to meet more often, and to make more friends in real life.
We should also be careful of what we post on social networking sites, and who we add as friends. Personal information such as house address and phone number should not be posted, because anyone can get your information and track you down.

One of my lecturers shared this video with us the other day - http://youtu.be/LlqslTxKkmo

Imagine how it would be like if you walk on the street and some weird stranger approaches you and told you that he knows all your secrets because of your facebook status updates! Super creepy!
Recently, I have also privatized my twitter account to protect my tweets, so that people who are not my friends or family cannot read my tweets. This is because I loveeee to tweet and I use twitter to communicate with friends (e.g. place of meetup), and do not want strangers to know of my whereabouts.

Be careful what you post online, it can be viewed by ANYONE. And think before you post it, once you post it, you cannot take it back. Whatever you post can also be used against you!