Things NOT to do on Facebook
Posted by Ryan on February 15th, 2007.
I had a bit of a laugh the other day when I read the latest Facebook blog. It was a list of four things that the facebook staff would love to see less of. Sadly, it was a list of four common sense things that you would expect people not to post.
Let’s take a look at the list, shall we?
- Posting phone numbers on group and event Walls
- Accepting Random Friend Requests
- Sharing your password
- Posting pictures of people doing illegal stuff
My thoughts on the list:
- Why would you place your phone number in a place that you have no idea who can see it? It’s just like if I were to go print out a flyer that said “Hey, I lost my phone…if you knew the old number, here’s the new one 555-555-5555″ and go hang it in the student center, grocery store, etc. The fact that its posted online makes it even worse in this case, as servers can be hacked, and information stolen from them.
- Since I am guilty of this, although I only accept it if their belong either the Quinnipiac network or my high school’s network. If you belong to any other network, including the geographical network for my area, and you send a friend request, if I don’t know you, it gets denied.
- Under no circumstance is it acceptable to share your passwords with anyone ever, no matter who they claim to be. Facebook staff will never need your password for anything. While I’m talking about passwords,you should never use your name, birthdate, easibly guessable words, etc. as a password. A good password will be at least eight characters long, and will contain a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols.
- Do I even need to say anything about posting pictures of illegal activities? If its illegal, don’t post it. It’s as simple as that. If you post about it anyways, don’t complain when you get in trouble for it, its your own fault.