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Week 15/Final Post Prompt

 





       After reading the article, I'm 14, and I Quit Social Media, there are a couple things that come to mind. The first being that I completely understand what she was saying about being embarrassed after finding out that her family had been posting things about her on social media. I didn't find out in the same way, but when I did find pictures of me that my family had posted without telling me, it did bother me a lot.

"I didn't have control": A 14-year-old on why she quit social media (fastcompany.com)


    On this same website, fastcompany.com, there is an article about incognito mode on internet browsers don't really keep your browsing history private. This article talks about how incognito mode on internet browsers give users a false sense of security and it also talks about another method which is called "Browser Compartmentalization." 


For real web privacy, try browser compartmentalization (fastcompany.com)


    In an article from The Atlantic called Facebook Users Still Don't Know, they talk about how Facebook collects data on its users. Specifically, this article says two things that stick out to me. The first of them being that the majority of Facebook's users still don't know that Facebook collects the kind of data that it does. I don't have any hard data on this, but one thing the article mentions is the personalized ads that are tailored for each user. This is something that is very easy to notice and recognize. In addition to that, I have never talked to anyone who has not noticed this. The second thing that stuck out to me from this article is that 51% of people surveyed said they were not comfortable with Facebook collecting this information. There's nothing to say why almost half of everyone surveyed was okay with their information being collected, but that high of a percentage of people who were okay with is likely a big part of why it's still being done.


How Facebook Advertising Works - The Atlantic


    When it comes to my online footprint, I wouldn't say that I have too big of one, but it is also bigger than many others. I use Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. In at least the past 5 years, I have not posted anything on Facebook or Twitter. With Instagram, I have posted things, but I only do that rarely. With my social media, the majority of what someone could learn about me is where I've gone for school, and that I have a dog. In thinking about whether social media makes people depressed, lonely, or isolated, there are two ways to think about it. It is very possible that social media can make someone depressed, lonely, or isolated. Someone can see what other people are posting and start comparing their life to the life that others are presenting online. In addition to that, cyberbullying is a factor. On the other hand, social media can help people be more social electronically. People can reconnect to people they haven't seen in a long time, and in some cases, people can even connect with new people.

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