And a thought --- (I'm working on a privacy article today) -- putting you best foot forward
Those of you who are about to graduate from college, looking to go into college, or looking for jobs or promotions:
You might want to consider "un-tagging" yourself in photos of you on Facebook, (and asking your friends with photo albums on the web to take captions naming you off) especially the ones where you look drunk or otherwise disreputable. Since most employers, advisers, etc. now search for you on the Internet, you might not wish those images to come up if you want to be taken seriously....
We're even more in the age where the old (Sheesh! 20 years!) adage applies -- don't put anything on the web that you wouldn't want posted in the office cafeteria.
You might want to consider "un-tagging" yourself in photos of you on Facebook, (and asking your friends with photo albums on the web to take captions naming you off) especially the ones where you look drunk or otherwise disreputable. Since most employers, advisers, etc. now search for you on the Internet, you might not wish those images to come up if you want to be taken seriously....
We're even more in the age where the old (Sheesh! 20 years!) adage applies -- don't put anything on the web that you wouldn't want posted in the office cafeteria.