Theres an interesting discussion brewing out in Internet-land regarding President Obamas advice to high schoolers regarding their use of Facebook. His opinion? Be careful what you post because it may come back to haunt you. Is he right or a bit behind the times?
In a Q&A earlier in the week at a Virginia High School Obama, prompted by a question regarding career paths, cautioned a group of ninth graders about the potential harm in posting too freely on sites like Facebook.
I want everybody here to be careful about what you post on Facebook because in the YouTube age, whatever you do, it will be pulled up again later somewhere in your life, Obama said. And when youre young, you make mistakes and you do some stupid stuff. And Ive been hearing a lot about young people who you know, theyre posting stuff on Facebook, and then suddenly they go apply for a job and somebody has done a search and so thats some practical political advice for you right there.
It seems some people think he was dishing out some moldy advice.
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Agreed.
But what do you think? In the accounting profession is it better to play it safe and not host a personal blog, and monitor carefully what is put up on Facebook and Twitter? Or is it OK to let loose a bit on private pages?
What do you think?