I hate Facebook now because someone made a fake profile and framed me for everything this pervert was saying and doing, and some of it was really sick like making fun of someone's dead grandmother! I like to be PRIVATE! Sorry I kind of trailed off at the start!!
Its called Scalable Social Network Analysis and existed as a component of the Total Information Awareness Project prior to a congressional investigation that caused the intelligence community to send it underground and fund it as a separate black budget project. The result is Facebook and many other social networking sites. We are living in one of the largest police states in the world. Tell me, what do governments do with dossiers of their citizens? And you don't believe in gang stalking.
i definetly agree!! thats how the government get u by looking up all the information on fb.. fb is a place where stalkers can find where u work also..
Social networking is just bad, you pretty much summed it up in the description. Almost Everyone who uses these sites think they're some kind of celebrity it's disgusting.
Social Networking just makes obnoxiouse people five times as obnoxiouse, the funny thing is the stuck up people I see using these sites are nothing special at all.
I would answer this question, but how I feel about privacy is a very personal question and I don't feel comfortable sharing my opinions about privacy with people that I don't know.
MY GOD it's getting even worse, I went to my brother's school today and oh my god they were sharing their private life IN THE SCHOOL surrounded by 20 - 30 different people I can't even say the stuff they were saying it's too disgusting.
fuk myspace and facebook wat happen to the old day making friend outside in the park street at the mall i hate ugly ppl put some 1 else (prettier) on their face.
i was on myspace before coming here. but it got boring. left it for 3 years. came back made a sorta profile. but dont go to it much. have two friends i contact there. and no more. i'm on youtube more these days because its fun. 99% drama and BS free. will never EVER be on facebook. or twitter or anywhere else. and i dont say every little thing that i do. its no ones business.
Great vid. I am strongly allergic to social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Like man, they are so from the Devil. Truly evil. Don't wanna be a part. Like anyone with an account there can get any information about you. No. Badger against such. And for all the haters: kiss me, I'm shitfaced.
Yeah I agree people think that social networking sites are soo cool cos they got 500 friends lol when they really don't know anything about most of these people. Some people here on youtube are posting stupid vids of them dancing in their undies i think most of these idiots don't realize anyone can just rip videos of youtube.
To be honest, I'm actually more on the quiet side in real life, though I'm slightly more active online. I'm fine with sharing a little information about myself, (such as favorite things, hobbies, etc.) but at the same time there a few things I might not feel comfortable discussing with anyone. With Twitter, it would feel like I'm talking with a very large group of people, and I'm one of those people who prefer small groups (up to about 3-5 other people at the most).
I have MySpace, though I rarely use it. I used to have Facebook a long time ago (before it got really popular), but I eventually got annoyed with things there and deleted my account. Looking back, I think I made the right choice. I don't plan on ever getting Twitter since I really have no interest in that site, and I'm not one of those people who enjoys sharing every single thing I do with the public. (cont.)
Im very private. I dont even have my face on the internet. My dad is very strict about internet safty. I really couldent agree with him more. I see my friends talking to people the dont even know, people saying comments they dont even understand. Pretending like they know all the disgusting comments. It hurts me even to watch someone give out info about themselves, or showing pics of themselves baring all. It all comes down to there parents not relizing wat their kids are doing on the internet.
Personally I don't like to use social networking sites. I have a myspace and facebook, only to keep in contact with old friends and stuff. I really don't like the way things are headed with the youth today. It's ridiculous how much time people are beginning to spend on myspace and twitter etc, and texting. It's really frustrating how kids think they can't live without a cellphone, and how everybody has to get the new cool phone w/ all the extra features. I've gone 20 w/o a cellphone just fine
As long as you don't show more then you want to, its ok.
If there are ppl that want to show everything they can to everyone then, whatever.
You don't want to tell to much about yourself, I doubt if anyone can force you.
I never opened an acount if facebook and I never even heard about that Twitter you were talking about. I even stopped writing comments in forums I had an account on (but that's probably because I am tired of ppl)
i totally agree i am quite private on most sites im on and i think that twitter and facebook is too open and i think the broaderline for privacy and publicly is too thin we need something to make it bigger than it is now
I used to be a little more open when I was younger, but as soon as my family found my facebook I covered the majority of my previous swearing, liberal arguments, etc.
I find it really embarrassing when my friends do things I would find acceptable in private but not in public, as my family and future career may see it and judge me. Especially when one of my friends posted pictures of herself making horrible faces and sticking her middle finger up like a 12 year old. She's 23, that's embarrassing.
I used to be a very open person. I had an open LJ in which I discussed my sexuality, spirituality, struggles with medical conditions, and so on. I had a great many friends and had no fear about being "private." I didn't care how the world knew me.
Now, as I've headed toward a more public lifestyle (games journalist), I've had to go back and cover up my tracks. The world would judge me professionally on personal matters.
I still use social networking, but more thoughtfully. I share much less.
If one has common sense, they would not post things that are personal onto a social networking site. Those who do know the risks, and probably want it to be inflated. I use Facebook to chat with some friends I moved away from.
I have a myspace and a facebook, and I keep personal things personal on both of them.
but what's weird is I have almost the same people as friends on both, and nobody does anything on myspace, but most of my facebook friends are people that make new statuses every hour or so.
I think it's fine if people talk about random stuff that's happened in their day or something general like that, but if it's something that only one or a couple people really need to know about, it should be kept that way.
I am not joining because then I will have to shed away all my privacy.
I don't want my family to know I play the games I play, watch the videos I watch, talk to the people I talk too, and find the websites I use.
If I have a FaceBook then the kids at my school will look up my name. If they look up my name, then they can find my father's account, then they will know everything about him. Its not just about my my privacy, its about my family's too.
i have only a myspace aside from my youtube account (and if you think about it youtube CAN be used for social networking but most cases of youtube users would find that its better to just upload videos on other things instead of like a shit day at work/school) but i only have my myspace because my woman wanted to make me her top friend on it cus shes just wierd like that =/. However, let it be known that private information should be allowed to REMAIN private which is why its PRIVATE to start.
I definitely hold back when it comes to social networking. I have a Facebook that I use as a group chatroom and not much else. I don't friend people I don't know, I don't put up info about myself other than stuff like favorite movies and favorite music, I don't even upload photos of myself. Occasionally someone will start messaging me trying to drag me into e-drama, but I just put them on ignore for a few days to drive home that I'm not interested.
I have to say that I like social network not that much. I'm not a person who tells everything about hisself, but it's okay when others do so.But they shouldn't get bullied about that. The thing I don't like is that these platforms are used by firms to gain information about you.
I personally dont really like twitter, and other social networking, and I agree with you in this case. Its always for the person to choose what life they want to live, and its not really necessary to other people to know ever detail of it. You can have a friend to tell such things if you want to but tell all your life to every person in the internet to see is a bit too much
Other people need to respect that others do not want to be open about them selves and want private things. I do not have a facebook. I do not have a myspace. I never had any of these. I have a twitter only to log in and see what my friends are talking about some times due to them having it set on private or something like that. I have yet to update it since I joined. I have a Private username for a video journal since I don't want to keep a real one. I'm in total agreement that it kills privacy
I tend to use face book posts only random updates that arent all that personal and some misinformation b/c i like messing with peoples heads. I tend to use private messages that i wouldnt want anyone else to read or I am just horribly obscure in an update.
I use Facebook to let people know what's going on with me. MySpace is for keeping up with high school friends. Twitter is for my stream of conscious, which is why it's "protected."
I straddle a fine line with this one. I was more open about sharing my information online for a while, showing pictures of myself on my channel and what not...but then I started to get people who were begging to see what I looked like, and acting like stalkers...it scared me, and forced me to pull back.
I used to like facebook, it was fun to post pictures, and find people you know...but there is just TOO much information on there now...information overload.
I pretty much agree. My girlfriend and I are on a couple of the same websites, and we're very reserved. Even on FB, where we're a little more open, I think even people who know us well would have to really read between the lines to know that we're any more than good friends.
Samm i think that we can draw the line after your name email and gender or something thats not personal at all i know people who broke up from facebook posts because they cheated on someone on facebook !!!!!!!! wtf?! also sam quick question have you ever read the book harris and me im going to put up a review on my site i hated this book never read it!!
Hi Samantha, I look forward to your commentary and poetry on this new channel. Regarding information; I'm torn but am from the old school where email is still my primary form of online communication with people. It's likely just me but the multitude of banal entries I see on Facebook is absolutely mind-blowing. My sense is that so-called social media appears to be very immaturely "me" oriented. The desperation I read in pleas for subscribers and "Follow me on twitter" is mildly disturbing.
I think there pointless for the most part and the fact that people seem to care about all the details is kinda weird. I know people who write about what there having for dinner every night and I find myself asing the same question, Who Cares?
I've always found social networking to be boring and petty. My friends have phones, why not use them? I only have this YouTube and an account on FSTDT. But I never saw the point of airing out your dirty laundry and communicating with 400 people, open to any shmuck with an internet connection.
The way I act on the internet is radically different than how I act in person. But, whether online, or in person, I like to keep to myself and not give out any sort of personal information. I like being a faceless person in this giant mass of people who converse on this digital space. I don't mind people who blog or vlog, but I do believe we need restraint. What you post here, everyone can see, and if you say bad stuff about your teacher, or your boss, they will see it, and you suffer for it.
That's sort of a wierd subject for me, as I've never seen the appeal of, say, Facebook. Really, what's the point? I mean, yeah, if you have friends that you can't meet with everyday it might be a good way to stay in touch, but you'll never really make friends through sites like that. It seems like real life is becoming obsolete.
i think that information is fine as to the limit of: first name, general age, and thats pretty much it. you can talk about stuff with out giving out information for example:
i met this person to day she is really nice she likes the same music as myself and we really get along well together.
bamm i hit a rather personal topic in an un-personal-ish way.
I agree 100% with what you are saying. I don't really like social networking sites because then you get random people asking you personal questions. In fact, I tried facebook and I got a message asking me to put nude pictures up on my profile, or at least put up my bra size on my profile. People like that creep the hell out of me, so I think it's lovely that someone is speaking up.
You ate down right correct all the way the internet tools like twitter are now for people who are always alone (not saying its a bad thing) but doing things like tweeting that you are breaking up with your boyfriend or girlfriend is just plain stupid and pointless
This may sound bizarre, but what you're describing sounds like a non-perverse version of 4chan -- a bunch of people saying as much as they want about themselves, AND NOTHING MORE, and not needing to worry about boundary-crossing because it's all anonymous.
I have to be honest, I think I'd be more interested in an anonymous group of people telling each other confidential details than people who bombard their friends with too much shit. maybe that's just me.
the written word is always mistaken. it happens anywhere. people don't understand the word "private" anymore, so it becomes something out in the world. Facebook is the worst, because people talk shit about things on it. i don't really care, i have about 7 different ones, but still, there will be the off chance that someone calls me a b*tch for something i didn't do.
i don't really care, i have about 7 different social networking sites, but i don't post when i'm going to the bathroom. And there's always the occasional time when someone calls me a b*tch because they read and misinterpreted something i said on fb or twitter.
I never understood what is so great about twitter. Why the hell do I care when you go to bed or things like that. I have a facebook to talk to old friends and family members, but if they want to know more things about me they can simply ask and I'll decide to tell them.
Personally I am kind of an open book but the really important stuff I keep on a need to know basi. all the people on my facebook are close enogh friends that I dont mind if they see if Im having a shitty day or whatever.
Ive seen people break up over facebook and the aftermath could just be that person vent their emotions
Perhaps there could be another social networking site for people like us, or perhaps a "private" setting that people could use to prevent people from assuming idiotic things, or stalking us.
In all I think it's a very basic thing of being considerate and thinking if the person would want that being said publicly or not.
i personally never joined Facebook for this reason, (and twitter too but i just think twitter is retarded no offence to those of you who use it)
Personally the only things i want to share with people are my problems, i dont want to tell them about how i wish i did'nt have to go out just now but too bad for me, or how i cant play some online game because its been taken away, but anything deeper then that and i'll feel like my personal space has been violated (i could go on but word limit is up)
All of the reasons that you said in this video are why i don't have a twitter, myspace account, or facebook. Just a Youtube account so i can post videos i feel like making. I don't put that much info about me on my page just general things, including things i like. I would never put personal info on youtube like where i live or when i go to the bathroom (and i know some people do do that >.>) because if someone wanted that much info about me, that's kind of creepy.
what you're saying is understandable, and has obvious evidence. The world is becoming more and more aggressive about being open about every little thing, but there are some things you don't go broadcasting to the world, maybe some people feel uncomfortable with their past, or some issue they have in the present, and it's unfair to expect them to open up because everyone else does.
Really, there can't be a balance. People cause these problems on their own, like the breakups and the arguments you brought up. Personally I barely use these things, but updating status every once in a while lets people I know understand what's happened.
Other things like facebook publishes of random shit are just little things I found funny or interesting. Same goes for everyone I have on there. For those who abuse it- I ignore, remove, or don't care about. That's how it should be for others.
It's pretty sad how much influence information on the net can have on people who take it seriously; you hear so many facebook horror stories i.e. one particularly jealous boyfriend who looked at his girlfriend's facebook status which read: "single" therefore he found it fitting to kill her... But I agree with sakorixx, the problem lies with what people choose to post on the net and unforunately, what the nutters who read it interprete the information as.
Since i rarely use twitter for stuff, it' hard because there is hardly anything to go here where i live at but i would try to figure out what i can do and share it on twotter.
I can see where you're coming from on this one. I used to have a bebo, myspace and facebook so that I could chat with friends, but the only people that I really talked to were the ones that I see at school every day and that I talk to over msn which I prefer because it's private.
I deleted those three and now I have a twitter, but I'm not giving any personal information out other than what's on my Youtube channel because that's what my twitter's for. I guess it differs from person to person.
There's nothing wrong with social networking, it's a tool. It's how people use it is the problem.
People have a right to put as much information as they want out there, although the standard is high.
The problem comes in when people expect others to do the same, and that problem isn't limited to social networking. Someone could easily use youtube, etc to get a little info then go internet detective with google and the like
So basically, the problem isn't with with social networking but people
I write a blog, among other things, and in the past wrote in great detail much of what happened in my day. But there's the thing... it was just about me.
I'm married now, and much of what happens in my day involves my wife, and other people, so consequently, I don't blog very much at all now.
I think that as soon as someone starts sharing details involving people other than themselves, they cross the line.
you're right, people always shows up in facebook or something else and in one moment of another; you receive a personal question which you don't wanna answer, and you reply "it's personal, i don't wanna say that to you".
It's no funny when you have that kind of questions. Never.
Hmm I guess an acceptable level of detail for me would be going as far as Birthdays, Favourites(entertainment wise, food wise or Music wis) mabye (just mabye) my e-mail (I don't want strangers cloggin' up my inbox) at most. Oh and race and what not (but that kinda counts as necesary info realy).
I don't have a twitter account, but I do use facebook. I don't know if this are too different in the states, but here where I live (Norway, find it on the map and you'll get a cookie!) we generally still talk in person, usually not on faecbook/twitter etc.
The most important aspect of privacy for me is confiding to others and having others confide to me things that stay only between us.
I would imagine the people who has never had true friendship or a meaningful relationship with somebody dear to him/her are probably ignorant to the value of privacy.
I totally agree with you Samm sometimes things get out of control, with these social networking sites but in my personal life I am a very private person and I like having things to myself and dont have to tell everyone, but sometimes it becomes annoying that you have friends who like you said have some fights or say things Im not interested to know, but I guess everyone is different, so I try to keep a balance in the information that I share with others, thanks for bringing this point up.
i think most important is that you keep in mind that everyone is able to read this. when i blog for example, i talk about maybe funny things that happened to me or how i think about things (going from movies to politics), but i would never talk about really serious and private problems, especially when other people are involved in it. i wouldn´t want to read what a person thought when he had a fight with me. and i wouldn´t want anyone else to read it.
Social networking can be good or bad, it all depends on who your talking about.
Honestly, nobody should expect privacy from the internet, social network or not. How much you want other people to know is in your hands, and if someone dispises you for somthing you do or do not tell them, then they are simply idiots to be ignored.
Next time you aught say "ill tell you if you give me your creditcard information". have fun with those kinds of people.
It's quite interesting, Samm. I have a fb/twitter/youtube/myspace accounts, although my myspace is kind of dead, and but my facebook and twitter are private. I choose the people that can watch me. But, with that said, I am fully aware anyone with enough of a brain can get information about me. I fight the idea of biometric resource in Israel cuz it risks my privacy, but on the other hand I have all these profiles. I suppose It's cuz I can still control (some) of what's in them and who sees them.
In that sense social networking is useless to me. I have text, email, IM, phone and *gasp* pen and paper if I need to tell someone something. So these sites are making profit from people with low self-esteem that think "200 friends" on a social site means something.
I have Twitter and Facebook, but I'm not entirely sure why as they're left pretty neglected most of the time. I'm the type who has a very limited close circle of friends that I trust and I can talk to them in a lot more direct ways than broadcasting everything to the world.
on my profile I generally keep simple (age, hobbies, etc.) if want to know more about me they actually have to KNOW me first.
I find it funny that in the past we were blaming the government for getting into our private matters (big brother) now all we can do is blame ourselves.
I removed my facebook. My life suddenly improved 100%. It wasn't just the extra time I suddenly had but I stopped being concerned with trivial shit that has nothing to do with me.
I have a myspace and facebook, I don't use twitter. It looks ridiculous. :3
But as for Myspace and Facebook, I only have a certain bit of information on it which I deem "okay" for everyone to be seen. Anything that I consider 'private', remains 'private', without question or argument. I'm a very open guy, but I don't share things with just anyone. Especially on the internet.
i dont like twitter myself the person who came up with that must have bein a stalker because you put things like shopping at place or at home and people read the updates some are friends and others are crazy people
I do use Facebook but i rarely post any status updates or anything unless its something i feel was either really good or really bad. I have a friend who can easily tweet and post up to five times a minute about trivial stuff like "Looking for a pen" and so its not so much the personal stuff that bothers me more then the trivial boring info!
You just made my brain fizzle with opinions and what-abouts.
Privacy is one of the most important thing. You must accept if someone want's to only be founded by friends and such. It's a safety thing for your unconscious, like locking your house and car. No one wants to feel unsafe, like some rapist going through YouTube looking for girls or whatever.
i like to share somethings but if its about everything then its dumb to much info is being sent out to others to know to much about someone wich i think is weird i dont like giving out info to other ppl that i dont know only things as u said "About Having A Bad Day" or "Going To A Movie" thats alright but if its things about breaking up ect. should be kept hidden and others shouldent be joining other people's info.
I use a different username profile for just about every form of social website and most of the time I rarely use them. I guess it means I'm very private but I would think I'm more likely just lazy.
Pretty much what you said is what i consider enough, I mean, there's a bit of lenience if you, say, made a profile that you only allow certain people to see and that's how you communicate sure, but when you openly argue through "Wall posting" on facebook so everyone can see, its a bit much.
About a year ago I had an eye for a certain girl, I pretty much got to know nearly everything I needed to know and beyond about her by just looking at her profile page where her friends would talk with her.
Often enough did I feel like a stalker for doing this and now I'm actually prohibiting myself from looking at the page of someone I have an eye for too often because I don't wanna feel like I'm a stalker.
I bet plenty of people ARE being stalked in this particular way.
i feel that privacy is important, but when people sign up to facebook/ twitter, they know what they are signing up for, and its there choice what to do with it, but they shouldnt post others private stuff
i've never been to bothered with how much people know about me (obviously stuff like bank account details i keep to myself) but if someone i didn't know called me by my first name then i would be cool with that, but on another note i hate social networking, it seems such a flawed idea to me, i understand it's a way to keep in contact but isn't this why we have phones and e-mail? if you nether bothered to get a persons number they can't have been that great.
I dont mind if people wants to tell a lot about themselves but its their own decision. If people break up becouse of facebook comment, there is some other background reason behind it, or they are totally retarded. I mean,if someone wants to tell things about you, its totally different thing. If your not willing to give information of certain things, its no business of others to spread it around. As for those who feel uncomfortable about info you get, ignore it.
I don't have twitter - it's a waste of time - If I want to know if you just ate an egg - I'll ask.
Got rid of Facebook because I was addicted to it - it made me depressed to see how others were doing.
Myspace was the gateway to hell in this case - damn glad I never got one.
Frankly, I hate socail networking bacause it kills the art of conversation - I want to meet people, not see bare words on the screen. I'm a private person, unless someone asks me and I'm comfortable with them as a person.
I totally agree with you. Social networking has totally diminished the depth and quality of my relationships by making them superficial and contrived. There isn't really anything new to talk about because I already know everything the person has said on their page. While this will let me see what I have in common with some people, a facebook post or IM chat does not properly fully convey the human element of a social interaction that comes from making eye contact, giving hugs, and listening.
i feel that privacy is very important to an extent i think some things are okay to share with others but there are things you just dont discuss over the internet you realy need to know how much information is to much for yourself personally thogh i am a very private person if i tell someone something i have to realy like them
I pretty much agree with you here. Then again, on Facebook, unlike most people I only add actual friends rather than every person I've ever seen walking down the street like some people, so I feel a bit more comfortable, and I STILL wouldn't argue with someone over them unless it was by the private messaging.
As a more conservative view though, I can cite my aunts and uncles having a conversation about how they find these sites wrong because people shouldn't know exactly what your schedule is.
I can't stand twitter. It just seems like online stalking to me. I do have a myspace and a facebook though. I keep my profile private on those two though so that only friends can see them. And the only people friended are people I know in real life.
I'm happy to share things about myself like favourite music, video games, what I'm eating etc. But why is it that people feel the NEED to splash their lives in a very public domain? I know one person who recently broke up their partner, making it VERY public by updating her Facebook status every hour. We knew every detail, and she did it mainly for attention. It was really very uncomfortable to read, so I ended up hiding her updates. Why the need to be so public?
You know what, I got around to doing something which I had been meaning to do for ages from watching this video - deleting my unused, useless MySpace. Wow. Won't be missing anything there.
Im private, I only have a facebook account that I barely use. I am very choosy about who I accept as a friend. All I really use it for is planning events and such anyway; I do my best to not get involved with the drama that people seem to enjoy stirring up so much. It's like being in high school again, which I hate.
I blame reality TV to an extent. I think people watch it, and then become concerned that they lives arent as exciting, and subconsciously try to emulate what they see on theshow.
I think, the problem I have with social networks is more of that some people don't keep up with the level of privacy they pretend to attribute to some of their virtual manifestations. I have a Twitter, which is followed by 5 people and an LJ, which is followed by 100, some of whom I don't know, so the number of readers I think about while posting is much alike. I suppose, I'm okay with someone sharing their privacy as much as they want to, but only if they understand they're doing it. /...
.../ As far as I understand, were talking only about sharing your own personal things (of course, as soon as it comes to anyone others it should be kept private even if youre OK with sharing yours), so my point would be this: a lot of network users I come across tend to regard their um how do you call them in general?.. well, places as personal diaries, which they definitely are not since a real lot of people read them. /...
.../ I personally see every network as a place writing where could essentially be used for two general purposes: to entertain the reader (again, in a very general way, e.g. tell him about an interesting experience, or make him laugh, or provide him with a piece of information worth thinking about etc.) or to make him do something (which is ask him for some help) and I appreciate all the writers who share my opinion in some way. /...
.../ This automatically makes posts like Im in great depression and no one can help or Weeeeeeeeee! What a great day! or I just pooed, took a shower and ate two portions of scrambled eggs quite inappropriate for a public blog (which doesnt mean inappropriate for any blog at all there always could be friends interested in such things, but the person should share with them in private). /...
It's a pretty interesting coincidence this came out today.
Yesterday I had to remove my mother from my Facebook friends because I was part of some group with "fuck" in the name and she was complaining about it.
From this I can construe that another problem with loss of privacy is the straight-edge people who get offended by other kinds of people will get offended at a person's actual life, which is distressing for both sides.
Part 2: That just annoys me. But again I really enjoy your vlogs especially the ones where you ask the viewers a question and I look forward to any and all of your future vlogs.
I have a Facebook (which I rarely use) Myspace and a Twitter...I really enjoy Twitter because I think people go more in depth about their lives because thats what the site is about. But as you said there has got to be a balance...I try to keep relationship issues in some light but not too much, and family matters are often kept private. The one thing about Myspace I don't like is how people just assume I'm available when I'm not simply because they don't even read my Myspace.
I am an odd individual. I refuse to use Twitter, Facebook or Myspace yet I have Youtube and AIM, among other sites (although I rarely use some of the accounts). I prefer my privacy, yet I try to talk to others at random times and ways, just to avoid using Myspace, Facebook and Twitter.
Maybe I'm old fashioned in that way, but I have had more annoying, hateful experiences with social networking then positive ones. So I rarely share a lot of information unless I know the person personally.
I have a facebook that I log into every few months or so, and a myspace I haven't logged into in nearly a year. My livejournal is where I used to rant about teenage crap, and where I now rant infrequently about yaoi and video games. And there's hardly any personal information on my YouTube profile.
I'm a pretty private person. I talk about my problems with my friends in person, not online. And if they want to tell me something, they better email me or call me if they want any kind of response.
Personally, I'm public about quite a few things, but I try to respect other people's privacy, if they want it. But the one thing I keep private is my face. It's Something I'm really touchy about people seeing...
I think what an appropriate balance is where the person(Whether you know them as a friend, family member, or stranger on the street.) can tell you what they choose to, without any prodding at all. If they ask though that's fine, but if they insist on prodding into someone's personal life then that's just not welcome in my book.
I use face book as a means to keep in touch with people, see events going on with school stuff, and just vent my rage at life. I'll usually just have something about what im doing at the time, or if the day was bad, stuff like that etc.
I personally HAVE seen two friends stop talking over facebook, and for stupid shit that could have been done privately.
I like to keep some stuff private, things that I haven't told the offline world. (IE; homosexuality)
i used facebook, i really like it cuz it let sme keep up with friends, and sometimes homework. one thing i do not like about sometimes is it will post things like "so and so went from a relationship with whats there face, to single" then 289473287 come in saying what happend! it pisses me off sometimes
Neither, instead I tend to post jokes and random things like that on my facebook...sometimes its more like a metaphorical joke retaining to a serious situation or sometimes its just me being silly.
I'm a very private person, but I do have a MySpace and Twitter account, though they never get used. It's way too much when I sign into those accounts, and see that some of my friends have pictures of themselves drunk and/or half-naked, or have dragged their love life onto the computer.
I'm an extremely private person, and am constantly badgered by people that want to know about my life, that is the very reason I don't do things other people my age would consider fun, Sports, parties, fucking in your jeep behind Wal-Mart. I like talking to people and in a sense social networking is fine with me, but I'm the kind of person who thinks the question "Are you a virgin?" or "Are you gay?" is going way too far, it's not your business you shouldn't be asking.
I'm not against sharing information about yourself, but if people want to know more, they should learn to take a no for an answer if you don't want to divulge anything further.
Trying to get into your pants on Twitter was probably a bit much. I'll still probably do it again every so often though because I like the sexual teasing too much.
I have a Facebook and Twitter, but I am about the most secluded and private person ever. I don't post anything relevant to me on those sites; people who talk to me over Skype/MSN, the really closer ones, might have a clue. I agree fully with the vlog though; too many people post things that shouldn't be said out loud.
I never really liked using social networking sites. I have a myspace and facebook but i literally never use them. When i talk to people its usually through instant messaging ( like skype and things like that ) or by phone and texting. I don't like talking about myself with people I haven't seen face to face unless I've know the person for a long time and feel comfortable talking to them. And I would NEVER talk about personal problems in a way where anyone in the world could see them.
Yeah- it's why I don't have a facebook. This has become quite an issue for me, as I am the ONLY one. Every show I've been in the past 3 years I've been the only one without a facebook. Many annoyed stage managers who prefer to give rehearsal schedules through facebook have tried to convince me to get one, but I really have no desire to talk to or be talked to by 90% of the people I have met in my life. Such is the way of a misanthrope, I guess.
I really don't care how much people share or don't want to share. How I go about my things is that I filter though a lot of stuff with social networking. I don't even use my stuff that often, just to keep on tabs with people. I personally don't have all that much up nor do I share much, usually just hey this is awesome. If people want to have more that's fine, just be aware people are going to see it. I mean once something is on the internet it is public.
I'm a very private person, and for the reasons that you've listed I don't have a Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc.. Partly because nothing interesting happens to me, and partly because if it did I wouldn't want to advertise it anyhow. There are also employers that will go and scour the net for your name when you make an application to find out about you beforehand, which is crazy - but it happens. The less the internet knows about me, the better.
I'm someone who never used any social networking site, other than Facebook, which I visit only once every half a year or so. I don't see the value in using these sites to keep up to date with every little detail in other people's lives, I'd rather have a conversation with my friends and talk about things there.
It's up to the person's discretion what they want to reveal and talk about online, and they can only blame themselves if that information is used against them.
Got to say I agree with you. privacy on facebook, etc really bugs the hell out of me. people such as "myspace whores" who constantly spill every detail of there life no matter how personal , only to crave for attention is one of my pet peeves, I also find, when face to face with these people their moral fiber isnt the strongest either.
I'm definitely kind of picky and choosy on what I put out there on facebook and twitter and even livejournal. My facebook and twitter are very privatized now, and I actually go to the trouble to figure out who would care to read this or that about my life, and who I care knows this or that. And I always am using filter lists for my livejournal.
People talk, things get around, and at the end of the day, everyone doesn't need to know all of my dirty laundry.
i am also on livejournal, and although it is a screen name i use other places, i have all of my entries either on friends only or private
aka, if i don't want you seeing it your not going to
my facebook has no personal things than the occasional "i've had a shit day" or "i did this this weekend" post's. Honestly i've been considering deleting my facebook because i dot even give a shit about 90% of my "Friends". Studies show you can't even mentally keep up with more than about 120 people.
I hate Facebook now because someone made a fake profile and framed me for everything this pervert was saying and doing, and some of it was really sick like making fun of someone's dead grandmother! I like to be PRIVATE! Sorry I kind of trailed off at the start!!
Oblivion1563 5 months ago
Its called Scalable Social Network Analysis and existed as a component of the Total Information Awareness Project prior to a congressional investigation that caused the intelligence community to send it underground and fund it as a separate black budget project. The result is Facebook and many other social networking sites. We are living in one of the largest police states in the world. Tell me, what do governments do with dossiers of their citizens? And you don't believe in gang stalking.
thetruthisoutthere32 5 months ago
i definetly agree!! thats how the government get u by looking up all the information on fb.. fb is a place where stalkers can find where u work also..
Jamgirl2341 5 months ago
Social networking is just bad, you pretty much summed it up in the description. Almost Everyone who uses these sites think they're some kind of celebrity it's disgusting.
Social Networking just makes obnoxiouse people five times as obnoxiouse, the funny thing is the stuck up people I see using these sites are nothing special at all.
Not every member is a douche...but most are.
KaeruthePaladin 6 months ago
I would answer this question, but how I feel about privacy is a very personal question and I don't feel comfortable sharing my opinions about privacy with people that I don't know.
zimtran007 8 months ago
Bitch
CarrbonMedia 10 months ago
Fucking americans think your pathetic country is the whole world..... PATHETIC MAGGOTS
killerdeen13 11 months ago
for fuck sake america isn't the whole fucking world. fucking dumbshit maggot
killerdeen13 11 months ago
MY GOD it's getting even worse, I went to my brother's school today and oh my god they were sharing their private life IN THE SCHOOL surrounded by 20 - 30 different people I can't even say the stuff they were saying it's too disgusting.
h0lyh4ck3r 11 months ago
I "shared" this on my FB so hopefully the people it's directed towards will understand how fucking stupid they make themselves look.
blkplaguelmc 1 year ago
fuk myspace and facebook wat happen to the old day making friend outside in the park street at the mall i hate ugly ppl put some 1 else (prettier) on their face.
samantha34ize 1 year ago
Yeah, I hate those asses who use wall posts and comments as a means of messaging. I quite social networks all-together.
Rifalltoo 1 year ago
i was on myspace before coming here. but it got boring. left it for 3 years. came back made a sorta profile. but dont go to it much. have two friends i contact there. and no more. i'm on youtube more these days because its fun. 99% drama and BS free. will never EVER be on facebook. or twitter or anywhere else. and i dont say every little thing that i do. its no ones business.
icametorock1 1 year ago
god damn I wish my hair was this long again
imagesfromapoet 1 year ago
i see ur face and i laugh
jmuncjochan 1 year ago
@jmuncjochan no u
imagesfromapoet 1 year ago 4
AGREED! I hate it too.
my facebook just reads 'WELCOME TO THE CIA DATAMINE'
TheWiretap 2 years ago
Great vid. I am strongly allergic to social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Like man, they are so from the Devil. Truly evil. Don't wanna be a part. Like anyone with an account there can get any information about you. No. Badger against such. And for all the haters: kiss me, I'm shitfaced.
EurasianBadger 2 years ago
Yeah I agree people think that social networking sites are soo cool cos they got 500 friends lol when they really don't know anything about most of these people. Some people here on youtube are posting stupid vids of them dancing in their undies i think most of these idiots don't realize anyone can just rip videos of youtube.
MrLimsky83 2 years ago
To be honest, I'm actually more on the quiet side in real life, though I'm slightly more active online. I'm fine with sharing a little information about myself, (such as favorite things, hobbies, etc.) but at the same time there a few things I might not feel comfortable discussing with anyone. With Twitter, it would feel like I'm talking with a very large group of people, and I'm one of those people who prefer small groups (up to about 3-5 other people at the most).
AGreen0930 2 years ago 4
I have MySpace, though I rarely use it. I used to have Facebook a long time ago (before it got really popular), but I eventually got annoyed with things there and deleted my account. Looking back, I think I made the right choice. I don't plan on ever getting Twitter since I really have no interest in that site, and I'm not one of those people who enjoys sharing every single thing I do with the public. (cont.)
AGreen0930 2 years ago
depends on who im talking to
lopezfan7093 2 years ago
Im very private. I dont even have my face on the internet. My dad is very strict about internet safty. I really couldent agree with him more. I see my friends talking to people the dont even know, people saying comments they dont even understand. Pretending like they know all the disgusting comments. It hurts me even to watch someone give out info about themselves, or showing pics of themselves baring all. It all comes down to there parents not relizing wat their kids are doing on the internet.
twibblejezz 2 years ago
Personally I don't like to use social networking sites. I have a myspace and facebook, only to keep in contact with old friends and stuff. I really don't like the way things are headed with the youth today. It's ridiculous how much time people are beginning to spend on myspace and twitter etc, and texting. It's really frustrating how kids think they can't live without a cellphone, and how everybody has to get the new cool phone w/ all the extra features. I've gone 20 w/o a cellphone just fine
esotericagenda 2 years ago
As long as you don't show more then you want to, its ok.
If there are ppl that want to show everything they can to everyone then, whatever.
You don't want to tell to much about yourself, I doubt if anyone can force you.
I never opened an acount if facebook and I never even heard about that Twitter you were talking about. I even stopped writing comments in forums I had an account on (but that's probably because I am tired of ppl)
ofer1987 2 years ago
i totally agree i am quite private on most sites im on and i think that twitter and facebook is too open and i think the broaderline for privacy and publicly is too thin we need something to make it bigger than it is now
fullmetalninjadog 2 years ago
I used to be a little more open when I was younger, but as soon as my family found my facebook I covered the majority of my previous swearing, liberal arguments, etc.
I find it really embarrassing when my friends do things I would find acceptable in private but not in public, as my family and future career may see it and judge me. Especially when one of my friends posted pictures of herself making horrible faces and sticking her middle finger up like a 12 year old. She's 23, that's embarrassing.
unomiel 2 years ago
I used to be a very open person. I had an open LJ in which I discussed my sexuality, spirituality, struggles with medical conditions, and so on. I had a great many friends and had no fear about being "private." I didn't care how the world knew me.
Now, as I've headed toward a more public lifestyle (games journalist), I've had to go back and cover up my tracks. The world would judge me professionally on personal matters.
I still use social networking, but more thoughtfully. I share much less.
LadyRhii 2 years ago
If one has common sense, they would not post things that are personal onto a social networking site. Those who do know the risks, and probably want it to be inflated. I use Facebook to chat with some friends I moved away from.
Zangamarth 2 years ago
I have a myspace and a facebook, and I keep personal things personal on both of them.
but what's weird is I have almost the same people as friends on both, and nobody does anything on myspace, but most of my facebook friends are people that make new statuses every hour or so.
I think it's fine if people talk about random stuff that's happened in their day or something general like that, but if it's something that only one or a couple people really need to know about, it should be kept that way.
wifiaaron 2 years ago
My dad is constantly nagging me to join Facebook.
I am not joining because then I will have to shed away all my privacy.
I don't want my family to know I play the games I play, watch the videos I watch, talk to the people I talk too, and find the websites I use.
If I have a FaceBook then the kids at my school will look up my name. If they look up my name, then they can find my father's account, then they will know everything about him. Its not just about my my privacy, its about my family's too.
BritneyBritofldw 2 years ago
i have only a myspace aside from my youtube account (and if you think about it youtube CAN be used for social networking but most cases of youtube users would find that its better to just upload videos on other things instead of like a shit day at work/school) but i only have my myspace because my woman wanted to make me her top friend on it cus shes just wierd like that =/. However, let it be known that private information should be allowed to REMAIN private which is why its PRIVATE to start.
Deathspeak2u 2 years ago
I definitely hold back when it comes to social networking. I have a Facebook that I use as a group chatroom and not much else. I don't friend people I don't know, I don't put up info about myself other than stuff like favorite movies and favorite music, I don't even upload photos of myself. Occasionally someone will start messaging me trying to drag me into e-drama, but I just put them on ignore for a few days to drive home that I'm not interested.
MutantWren 2 years ago
I have to say that I like social network not that much. I'm not a person who tells everything about hisself, but it's okay when others do so.But they shouldn't get bullied about that. The thing I don't like is that these platforms are used by firms to gain information about you.
keinnamelol 2 years ago
I personally dont really like twitter, and other social networking, and I agree with you in this case. Its always for the person to choose what life they want to live, and its not really necessary to other people to know ever detail of it. You can have a friend to tell such things if you want to but tell all your life to every person in the internet to see is a bit too much
Maiindeg 2 years ago
Other people need to respect that others do not want to be open about them selves and want private things. I do not have a facebook. I do not have a myspace. I never had any of these. I have a twitter only to log in and see what my friends are talking about some times due to them having it set on private or something like that. I have yet to update it since I joined. I have a Private username for a video journal since I don't want to keep a real one. I'm in total agreement that it kills privacy
BlackFireDevil 2 years ago
this is why i dont like facebook myspace ect. people talk for all to see and if there talking to you..
dermuneus 2 years ago
I tend to use face book posts only random updates that arent all that personal and some misinformation b/c i like messing with peoples heads. I tend to use private messages that i wouldnt want anyone else to read or I am just horribly obscure in an update.
USBCORD11 2 years ago
I use Facebook to let people know what's going on with me. MySpace is for keeping up with high school friends. Twitter is for my stream of conscious, which is why it's "protected."
AudreyN 2 years ago
I straddle a fine line with this one. I was more open about sharing my information online for a while, showing pictures of myself on my channel and what not...but then I started to get people who were begging to see what I looked like, and acting like stalkers...it scared me, and forced me to pull back.
I used to like facebook, it was fun to post pictures, and find people you know...but there is just TOO much information on there now...information overload.
dragonazul85 2 years ago
I pretty much agree. My girlfriend and I are on a couple of the same websites, and we're very reserved. Even on FB, where we're a little more open, I think even people who know us well would have to really read between the lines to know that we're any more than good friends.
Looking forward to this new channel, by the way.
AgentCoop44 2 years ago
Your life is your own life. Not someones on the other side of the world. What you chose keep privet is only for you to know.
compowinner 2 years ago
Samm i think that we can draw the line after your name email and gender or something thats not personal at all i know people who broke up from facebook posts because they cheated on someone on facebook !!!!!!!! wtf?! also sam quick question have you ever read the book harris and me im going to put up a review on my site i hated this book never read it!!
mitraysig 2 years ago
Hi Samantha, I look forward to your commentary and poetry on this new channel. Regarding information; I'm torn but am from the old school where email is still my primary form of online communication with people. It's likely just me but the multitude of banal entries I see on Facebook is absolutely mind-blowing. My sense is that so-called social media appears to be very immaturely "me" oriented. The desperation I read in pleas for subscribers and "Follow me on twitter" is mildly disturbing.
writerdamien 2 years ago
I think there pointless for the most part and the fact that people seem to care about all the details is kinda weird. I know people who write about what there having for dinner every night and I find myself asing the same question, Who Cares?
RunOrShoot 2 years ago
I've always found social networking to be boring and petty. My friends have phones, why not use them? I only have this YouTube and an account on FSTDT. But I never saw the point of airing out your dirty laundry and communicating with 400 people, open to any shmuck with an internet connection.
CopycatStudios 2 years ago
The way I act on the internet is radically different than how I act in person. But, whether online, or in person, I like to keep to myself and not give out any sort of personal information. I like being a faceless person in this giant mass of people who converse on this digital space. I don't mind people who blog or vlog, but I do believe we need restraint. What you post here, everyone can see, and if you say bad stuff about your teacher, or your boss, they will see it, and you suffer for it.
tr9000 2 years ago
That's sort of a wierd subject for me, as I've never seen the appeal of, say, Facebook. Really, what's the point? I mean, yeah, if you have friends that you can't meet with everyday it might be a good way to stay in touch, but you'll never really make friends through sites like that. It seems like real life is becoming obsolete.
DrunkDedede 2 years ago
i think that information is fine as to the limit of: first name, general age, and thats pretty much it. you can talk about stuff with out giving out information for example:
i met this person to day she is really nice she likes the same music as myself and we really get along well together.
bamm i hit a rather personal topic in an un-personal-ish way.
TheFooey 2 years ago
I agree 100% with what you are saying. I don't really like social networking sites because then you get random people asking you personal questions. In fact, I tried facebook and I got a message asking me to put nude pictures up on my profile, or at least put up my bra size on my profile. People like that creep the hell out of me, so I think it's lovely that someone is speaking up.
MaryDeiyon 2 years ago
You ate down right correct all the way the internet tools like twitter are now for people who are always alone (not saying its a bad thing) but doing things like tweeting that you are breaking up with your boyfriend or girlfriend is just plain stupid and pointless
Redux415 2 years ago
This may sound bizarre, but what you're describing sounds like a non-perverse version of 4chan -- a bunch of people saying as much as they want about themselves, AND NOTHING MORE, and not needing to worry about boundary-crossing because it's all anonymous.
docsigma 2 years ago
I have to be honest, I think I'd be more interested in an anonymous group of people telling each other confidential details than people who bombard their friends with too much shit. maybe that's just me.
imagesfromapoet 2 years ago
...ahh. I see what you mean. I interpreted your message COMPLETELY BACKWARDS. I feel like such an idiot! I'll blame it on my currently being sick.
docsigma 2 years ago
the written word is always mistaken. it happens anywhere. people don't understand the word "private" anymore, so it becomes something out in the world. Facebook is the worst, because people talk shit about things on it. i don't really care, i have about 7 different ones, but still, there will be the off chance that someone calls me a b*tch for something i didn't do.
eyesofviolet 2 years ago
my corrected response:
i don't really care, i have about 7 different social networking sites, but i don't post when i'm going to the bathroom. And there's always the occasional time when someone calls me a b*tch because they read and misinterpreted something i said on fb or twitter.
eyesofviolet 2 years ago
I never understood what is so great about twitter. Why the hell do I care when you go to bed or things like that. I have a facebook to talk to old friends and family members, but if they want to know more things about me they can simply ask and I'll decide to tell them.
lebutzki 2 years ago
Personally I am kind of an open book but the really important stuff I keep on a need to know basi. all the people on my facebook are close enogh friends that I dont mind if they see if Im having a shitty day or whatever.
Ive seen people break up over facebook and the aftermath could just be that person vent their emotions
SmallTimeNinja333 2 years ago
I agree with you as well.
Perhaps there could be another social networking site for people like us, or perhaps a "private" setting that people could use to prevent people from assuming idiotic things, or stalking us.
In all I think it's a very basic thing of being considerate and thinking if the person would want that being said publicly or not.
MacintoshCrazy 2 years ago
i personally never joined Facebook for this reason, (and twitter too but i just think twitter is retarded no offence to those of you who use it)
Personally the only things i want to share with people are my problems, i dont want to tell them about how i wish i did'nt have to go out just now but too bad for me, or how i cant play some online game because its been taken away, but anything deeper then that and i'll feel like my personal space has been violated (i could go on but word limit is up)
Doomcat1066 2 years ago
All of the reasons that you said in this video are why i don't have a twitter, myspace account, or facebook. Just a Youtube account so i can post videos i feel like making. I don't put that much info about me on my page just general things, including things i like. I would never put personal info on youtube like where i live or when i go to the bathroom (and i know some people do do that >.>) because if someone wanted that much info about me, that's kind of creepy.
HanicIzKanio 2 years ago
what you're saying is understandable, and has obvious evidence. The world is becoming more and more aggressive about being open about every little thing, but there are some things you don't go broadcasting to the world, maybe some people feel uncomfortable with their past, or some issue they have in the present, and it's unfair to expect them to open up because everyone else does.
So in conclusion i agree with you.
MercuryZombie 2 years ago
i'd have to say that i perfer to be more private with personal maters. thats why i make my facebook account private to only people i know in person.
KountStar 2 years ago
Really, there can't be a balance. People cause these problems on their own, like the breakups and the arguments you brought up. Personally I barely use these things, but updating status every once in a while lets people I know understand what's happened.
Other things like facebook publishes of random shit are just little things I found funny or interesting. Same goes for everyone I have on there. For those who abuse it- I ignore, remove, or don't care about. That's how it should be for others.
BBoyFureyu 2 years ago
It's pretty sad how much influence information on the net can have on people who take it seriously; you hear so many facebook horror stories i.e. one particularly jealous boyfriend who looked at his girlfriend's facebook status which read: "single" therefore he found it fitting to kill her... But I agree with sakorixx, the problem lies with what people choose to post on the net and unforunately, what the nutters who read it interprete the information as.
13mathilda 2 years ago
Since i rarely use twitter for stuff, it' hard because there is hardly anything to go here where i live at but i would try to figure out what i can do and share it on twotter.
Valis77 2 years ago
I can see where you're coming from on this one. I used to have a bebo, myspace and facebook so that I could chat with friends, but the only people that I really talked to were the ones that I see at school every day and that I talk to over msn which I prefer because it's private.
I deleted those three and now I have a twitter, but I'm not giving any personal information out other than what's on my Youtube channel because that's what my twitter's for. I guess it differs from person to person.
Freeburnerr 2 years ago
There's nothing wrong with social networking, it's a tool. It's how people use it is the problem.
People have a right to put as much information as they want out there, although the standard is high.
The problem comes in when people expect others to do the same, and that problem isn't limited to social networking. Someone could easily use youtube, etc to get a little info then go internet detective with google and the like
So basically, the problem isn't with with social networking but people
sakorixx 2 years ago
I write a blog, among other things, and in the past wrote in great detail much of what happened in my day. But there's the thing... it was just about me.
I'm married now, and much of what happens in my day involves my wife, and other people, so consequently, I don't blog very much at all now.
I think that as soon as someone starts sharing details involving people other than themselves, they cross the line.
SteveBenway 2 years ago
you're right, people always shows up in facebook or something else and in one moment of another; you receive a personal question which you don't wanna answer, and you reply "it's personal, i don't wanna say that to you".
It's no funny when you have that kind of questions. Never.
alberozuko 2 years ago
Hmm I guess an acceptable level of detail for me would be going as far as Birthdays, Favourites(entertainment wise, food wise or Music wis) mabye (just mabye) my e-mail (I don't want strangers cloggin' up my inbox) at most. Oh and race and what not (but that kinda counts as necesary info realy).
IB112 2 years ago
I don't have a twitter account, but I do use facebook. I don't know if this are too different in the states, but here where I live (Norway, find it on the map and you'll get a cookie!) we generally still talk in person, usually not on faecbook/twitter etc.
NobleClassAngel 2 years ago
The most important aspect of privacy for me is confiding to others and having others confide to me things that stay only between us.
I would imagine the people who has never had true friendship or a meaningful relationship with somebody dear to him/her are probably ignorant to the value of privacy.
andy2283 2 years ago
I'm quite uncomfortable revealing information about myself...and I really only talk about problems around friends.
I feel more unsafe than anything, though.
Shades14236 2 years ago
I totally agree with you Samm sometimes things get out of control, with these social networking sites but in my personal life I am a very private person and I like having things to myself and dont have to tell everyone, but sometimes it becomes annoying that you have friends who like you said have some fights or say things Im not interested to know, but I guess everyone is different, so I try to keep a balance in the information that I share with others, thanks for bringing this point up.
WeirdRicky 2 years ago
i think most important is that you keep in mind that everyone is able to read this. when i blog for example, i talk about maybe funny things that happened to me or how i think about things (going from movies to politics), but i would never talk about really serious and private problems, especially when other people are involved in it. i wouldn´t want to read what a person thought when he had a fight with me. and i wouldn´t want anyone else to read it.
Legolise 2 years ago
Social networking can be good or bad, it all depends on who your talking about.
Honestly, nobody should expect privacy from the internet, social network or not. How much you want other people to know is in your hands, and if someone dispises you for somthing you do or do not tell them, then they are simply idiots to be ignored.
Next time you aught say "ill tell you if you give me your creditcard information". have fun with those kinds of people.
slayerrptl 2 years ago
It's quite interesting, Samm. I have a fb/twitter/youtube/myspace accounts, although my myspace is kind of dead, and but my facebook and twitter are private. I choose the people that can watch me. But, with that said, I am fully aware anyone with enough of a brain can get information about me. I fight the idea of biometric resource in Israel cuz it risks my privacy, but on the other hand I have all these profiles. I suppose It's cuz I can still control (some) of what's in them and who sees them.
ChaoticShelly 2 years ago
There can be two perspectives on the subject.
One being that the people have to make their own decisions and if they release private information, hell, it's their choice.
On the other hand, that's always dangerous.
I don't even have to mention how many people got in trouble or even killed theirselves because of social networks.
But if people think it's okay to share this information, it's fine to me.
I usually share standard information like favourite movies and such, but I don't go too far.
Skoogage 2 years ago
You hit the nial on the head,Sam. Very much so.
It's kind of creepy how people think they can go and stalk you like that, too.
FireyVampireOctopus 2 years ago
This is really weird. I can't find any of my comments I left on this video yesterday. Were they deleted by chance?
o0Kensh1n0o 2 years ago
In that sense social networking is useless to me. I have text, email, IM, phone and *gasp* pen and paper if I need to tell someone something. So these sites are making profit from people with low self-esteem that think "200 friends" on a social site means something.
JinxParadoxHoax 2 years ago
I have Twitter and Facebook, but I'm not entirely sure why as they're left pretty neglected most of the time. I'm the type who has a very limited close circle of friends that I trust and I can talk to them in a lot more direct ways than broadcasting everything to the world.
JinxParadoxHoax 2 years ago
on my profile I generally keep simple (age, hobbies, etc.) if want to know more about me they actually have to KNOW me first.
I find it funny that in the past we were blaming the government for getting into our private matters (big brother) now all we can do is blame ourselves.
KenBlake 2 years ago
I removed my facebook. My life suddenly improved 100%. It wasn't just the extra time I suddenly had but I stopped being concerned with trivial shit that has nothing to do with me.
fletchfan7 2 years ago
I have a myspace and facebook, I don't use twitter. It looks ridiculous. :3
But as for Myspace and Facebook, I only have a certain bit of information on it which I deem "okay" for everyone to be seen. Anything that I consider 'private', remains 'private', without question or argument. I'm a very open guy, but I don't share things with just anyone. Especially on the internet.
FatalShadowTsu 2 years ago
i dont like twitter myself the person who came up with that must have bein a stalker because you put things like shopping at place or at home and people read the updates some are friends and others are crazy people
mark0wen 2 years ago
I do use Facebook but i rarely post any status updates or anything unless its something i feel was either really good or really bad. I have a friend who can easily tweet and post up to five times a minute about trivial stuff like "Looking for a pen" and so its not so much the personal stuff that bothers me more then the trivial boring info!
antero8 2 years ago
You just made my brain fizzle with opinions and what-abouts.
Privacy is one of the most important thing. You must accept if someone want's to only be founded by friends and such. It's a safety thing for your unconscious, like locking your house and car. No one wants to feel unsafe, like some rapist going through YouTube looking for girls or whatever.
Sodorii 2 years ago
yay new channel i love this stuff screw the trolls!
gotservice 2 years ago
i like to share somethings but if its about everything then its dumb to much info is being sent out to others to know to much about someone wich i think is weird i dont like giving out info to other ppl that i dont know only things as u said "About Having A Bad Day" or "Going To A Movie" thats alright but if its things about breaking up ect. should be kept hidden and others shouldent be joining other people's info.
BlueNovaFlame 2 years ago
I use a different username profile for just about every form of social website and most of the time I rarely use them. I guess it means I'm very private but I would think I'm more likely just lazy.
Bearmon 2 years ago
I tend to reveal nothing and never use the same name twice.
DukeOfHealthDrink 2 years ago
An appropriate amount of information is whatever someone is comfortable with.
Some people don't want people to bother them for frivolous details about their life, while some people are wanna-be celebrities.
Zerathzul 2 years ago
Pretty much what you said is what i consider enough, I mean, there's a bit of lenience if you, say, made a profile that you only allow certain people to see and that's how you communicate sure, but when you openly argue through "Wall posting" on facebook so everyone can see, its a bit much.
Reanchi 2 years ago
About a year ago I had an eye for a certain girl, I pretty much got to know nearly everything I needed to know and beyond about her by just looking at her profile page where her friends would talk with her.
Often enough did I feel like a stalker for doing this and now I'm actually prohibiting myself from looking at the page of someone I have an eye for too often because I don't wanna feel like I'm a stalker.
I bet plenty of people ARE being stalked in this particular way.
FrustratedChicken 2 years ago
i feel that privacy is important, but when people sign up to facebook/ twitter, they know what they are signing up for, and its there choice what to do with it, but they shouldnt post others private stuff
PUMKINOFDEATH 2 years ago
i've never been to bothered with how much people know about me (obviously stuff like bank account details i keep to myself) but if someone i didn't know called me by my first name then i would be cool with that, but on another note i hate social networking, it seems such a flawed idea to me, i understand it's a way to keep in contact but isn't this why we have phones and e-mail? if you nether bothered to get a persons number they can't have been that great.
TwiHeartless 2 years ago
I dont mind if people wants to tell a lot about themselves but its their own decision. If people break up becouse of facebook comment, there is some other background reason behind it, or they are totally retarded. I mean,if someone wants to tell things about you, its totally different thing. If your not willing to give information of certain things, its no business of others to spread it around. As for those who feel uncomfortable about info you get, ignore it.
jumpperi 2 years ago
I don't have twitter - it's a waste of time - If I want to know if you just ate an egg - I'll ask.
Got rid of Facebook because I was addicted to it - it made me depressed to see how others were doing.
Myspace was the gateway to hell in this case - damn glad I never got one.
Frankly, I hate socail networking bacause it kills the art of conversation - I want to meet people, not see bare words on the screen. I'm a private person, unless someone asks me and I'm comfortable with them as a person.
Deckof51 2 years ago
I totally agree with you. Social networking has totally diminished the depth and quality of my relationships by making them superficial and contrived. There isn't really anything new to talk about because I already know everything the person has said on their page. While this will let me see what I have in common with some people, a facebook post or IM chat does not properly fully convey the human element of a social interaction that comes from making eye contact, giving hugs, and listening.
Akerfeldtfan 2 years ago
i feel that privacy is very important to an extent i think some things are okay to share with others but there are things you just dont discuss over the internet you realy need to know how much information is to much for yourself personally thogh i am a very private person if i tell someone something i have to realy like them
battlefishy 2 years ago
I'm not a very social person, I seldom use the same username twice, I'm not on any social network site.
I immensely dislike being known and knowing others.
I don't care what people share with the world, I don't have to read, watch or listen to it if I don't want to, and I really don't want to.
papervampire 2 years ago
I pretty much agree with you here. Then again, on Facebook, unlike most people I only add actual friends rather than every person I've ever seen walking down the street like some people, so I feel a bit more comfortable, and I STILL wouldn't argue with someone over them unless it was by the private messaging.
As a more conservative view though, I can cite my aunts and uncles having a conversation about how they find these sites wrong because people shouldn't know exactly what your schedule is.
photonman91 2 years ago
I can't stand twitter. It just seems like online stalking to me. I do have a myspace and a facebook though. I keep my profile private on those two though so that only friends can see them. And the only people friended are people I know in real life.
mehrt1 2 years ago
I'm happy to share things about myself like favourite music, video games, what I'm eating etc. But why is it that people feel the NEED to splash their lives in a very public domain? I know one person who recently broke up their partner, making it VERY public by updating her Facebook status every hour. We knew every detail, and she did it mainly for attention. It was really very uncomfortable to read, so I ended up hiding her updates. Why the need to be so public?
holygiblets 2 years ago
You know what, I got around to doing something which I had been meaning to do for ages from watching this video - deleting my unused, useless MySpace. Wow. Won't be missing anything there.
holygiblets 2 years ago
Im private, I only have a facebook account that I barely use. I am very choosy about who I accept as a friend. All I really use it for is planning events and such anyway; I do my best to not get involved with the drama that people seem to enjoy stirring up so much. It's like being in high school again, which I hate.
I blame reality TV to an extent. I think people watch it, and then become concerned that they lives arent as exciting, and subconsciously try to emulate what they see on theshow.
MsDetrimental 2 years ago
I think, the problem I have with social networks is more of that some people don't keep up with the level of privacy they pretend to attribute to some of their virtual manifestations. I have a Twitter, which is followed by 5 people and an LJ, which is followed by 100, some of whom I don't know, so the number of readers I think about while posting is much alike. I suppose, I'm okay with someone sharing their privacy as much as they want to, but only if they understand they're doing it. /...
degroseille 2 years ago
.../ As far as I understand, were talking only about sharing your own personal things (of course, as soon as it comes to anyone others it should be kept private even if youre OK with sharing yours), so my point would be this: a lot of network users I come across tend to regard their um how do you call them in general?.. well, places as personal diaries, which they definitely are not since a real lot of people read them. /...
degroseille 2 years ago
.../ I personally see every network as a place writing where could essentially be used for two general purposes: to entertain the reader (again, in a very general way, e.g. tell him about an interesting experience, or make him laugh, or provide him with a piece of information worth thinking about etc.) or to make him do something (which is ask him for some help) and I appreciate all the writers who share my opinion in some way. /...
degroseille 2 years ago
.../ This automatically makes posts like Im in great depression and no one can help or Weeeeeeeeee! What a great day! or I just pooed, took a shower and ate two portions of scrambled eggs quite inappropriate for a public blog (which doesnt mean inappropriate for any blog at all there always could be friends interested in such things, but the person should share with them in private). /...
degroseille 2 years ago
.../ The more actual and potential readers the person have, the more should he or she keep them in mind while writing.
Wow, it was so long, it got interrupted twice. Sorry for that much of blether .\
degroseille 2 years ago
Also, what the hell happened to all my lovely punctuation marks?! >.(
degroseille 2 years ago
It's a pretty interesting coincidence this came out today.
Yesterday I had to remove my mother from my Facebook friends because I was part of some group with "fuck" in the name and she was complaining about it.
From this I can construe that another problem with loss of privacy is the straight-edge people who get offended by other kinds of people will get offended at a person's actual life, which is distressing for both sides.
hbomberguy 2 years ago
Part 2: That just annoys me. But again I really enjoy your vlogs especially the ones where you ask the viewers a question and I look forward to any and all of your future vlogs.
(Sorry for such a long comment.)
MikeyxMassacrex 2 years ago
I have a Facebook (which I rarely use) Myspace and a Twitter...I really enjoy Twitter because I think people go more in depth about their lives because thats what the site is about. But as you said there has got to be a balance...I try to keep relationship issues in some light but not too much, and family matters are often kept private. The one thing about Myspace I don't like is how people just assume I'm available when I'm not simply because they don't even read my Myspace.
MikeyxMassacrex 2 years ago
I am an odd individual. I refuse to use Twitter, Facebook or Myspace yet I have Youtube and AIM, among other sites (although I rarely use some of the accounts). I prefer my privacy, yet I try to talk to others at random times and ways, just to avoid using Myspace, Facebook and Twitter.
Maybe I'm old fashioned in that way, but I have had more annoying, hateful experiences with social networking then positive ones. So I rarely share a lot of information unless I know the person personally.
Meiouseikyoufu 2 years ago
I have a facebook that I log into every few months or so, and a myspace I haven't logged into in nearly a year. My livejournal is where I used to rant about teenage crap, and where I now rant infrequently about yaoi and video games. And there's hardly any personal information on my YouTube profile.
I'm a pretty private person. I talk about my problems with my friends in person, not online. And if they want to tell me something, they better email me or call me if they want any kind of response.
hellobanana 2 years ago
Personally, I'm public about quite a few things, but I try to respect other people's privacy, if they want it. But the one thing I keep private is my face. It's Something I'm really touchy about people seeing...
BishounenNerd 2 years ago
I think what an appropriate balance is where the person(Whether you know them as a friend, family member, or stranger on the street.) can tell you what they choose to, without any prodding at all. If they ask though that's fine, but if they insist on prodding into someone's personal life then that's just not welcome in my book.
That's my opinion.
bucketfan4life 2 years ago
There's certain things about me I don't care if you know, there's certain things that I will go through hell and back to keep anyone from knowing.
Facebook for me is solely to know when my friends crappy bands are playing.
LightSlei 2 years ago
I use face book as a means to keep in touch with people, see events going on with school stuff, and just vent my rage at life. I'll usually just have something about what im doing at the time, or if the day was bad, stuff like that etc.
I personally HAVE seen two friends stop talking over facebook, and for stupid shit that could have been done privately.
I like to keep some stuff private, things that I haven't told the offline world. (IE; homosexuality)
tayo3o 2 years ago
i used facebook, i really like it cuz it let sme keep up with friends, and sometimes homework. one thing i do not like about sometimes is it will post things like "so and so went from a relationship with whats there face, to single" then 289473287 come in saying what happend! it pisses me off sometimes
TekeSann 2 years ago
Neither, instead I tend to post jokes and random things like that on my facebook...sometimes its more like a metaphorical joke retaining to a serious situation or sometimes its just me being silly.
Manawar 2 years ago
sure, go ahead!
imagesfromapoet 2 years ago
I'm a very private person, but I do have a MySpace and Twitter account, though they never get used. It's way too much when I sign into those accounts, and see that some of my friends have pictures of themselves drunk and/or half-naked, or have dragged their love life onto the computer.
xXxSiyuxXx 2 years ago
Also, I use all the sites except Twitter.
Twitter "IS" too much, IMHO.
o0Kensh1n0o 2 years ago
I think you should post only as much as you want the world to know. No more, no less. People who push it beyond that point are just being nosy.
Chocolate chip and bacon cookies please. Mmmmmm...
o0Kensh1n0o 2 years ago
I'm an extremely private person, and am constantly badgered by people that want to know about my life, that is the very reason I don't do things other people my age would consider fun, Sports, parties, fucking in your jeep behind Wal-Mart. I like talking to people and in a sense social networking is fine with me, but I'm the kind of person who thinks the question "Are you a virgin?" or "Are you gay?" is going way too far, it's not your business you shouldn't be asking.
BeatenAndMauled 2 years ago
I'm not against sharing information about yourself, but if people want to know more, they should learn to take a no for an answer if you don't want to divulge anything further.
Trying to get into your pants on Twitter was probably a bit much. I'll still probably do it again every so often though because I like the sexual teasing too much.
MikeNnemonic 2 years ago
I have a Facebook and Twitter, but I am about the most secluded and private person ever. I don't post anything relevant to me on those sites; people who talk to me over Skype/MSN, the really closer ones, might have a clue. I agree fully with the vlog though; too many people post things that shouldn't be said out loud.
FreezingInfernos 2 years ago
I never really liked using social networking sites. I have a myspace and facebook but i literally never use them. When i talk to people its usually through instant messaging ( like skype and things like that ) or by phone and texting. I don't like talking about myself with people I haven't seen face to face unless I've know the person for a long time and feel comfortable talking to them. And I would NEVER talk about personal problems in a way where anyone in the world could see them.
moonshinefly 2 years ago
Good stuff.
Also, that guy who was all I PRESUME YOU ARE X PERSON needs to be punched in the skullpiece. What the fuck kind of logical conclusion is that?
robfathah 2 years ago
well, no two people on the internet have ever used the same screen names, which means we must be the same person. same social identity and all.
imagesfromapoet 2 years ago
Yeah- it's why I don't have a facebook. This has become quite an issue for me, as I am the ONLY one. Every show I've been in the past 3 years I've been the only one without a facebook. Many annoyed stage managers who prefer to give rehearsal schedules through facebook have tried to convince me to get one, but I really have no desire to talk to or be talked to by 90% of the people I have met in my life. Such is the way of a misanthrope, I guess.
ageguyera21 2 years ago
I really don't care how much people share or don't want to share. How I go about my things is that I filter though a lot of stuff with social networking. I don't even use my stuff that often, just to keep on tabs with people. I personally don't have all that much up nor do I share much, usually just hey this is awesome. If people want to have more that's fine, just be aware people are going to see it. I mean once something is on the internet it is public.
Shadro 2 years ago
I'm a very private person, and for the reasons that you've listed I don't have a Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc.. Partly because nothing interesting happens to me, and partly because if it did I wouldn't want to advertise it anyhow. There are also employers that will go and scour the net for your name when you make an application to find out about you beforehand, which is crazy - but it happens. The less the internet knows about me, the better.
TogashiJack 2 years ago
I'm someone who never used any social networking site, other than Facebook, which I visit only once every half a year or so. I don't see the value in using these sites to keep up to date with every little detail in other people's lives, I'd rather have a conversation with my friends and talk about things there.
It's up to the person's discretion what they want to reveal and talk about online, and they can only blame themselves if that information is used against them.
Mysterio006 2 years ago
Got to say I agree with you. privacy on facebook, etc really bugs the hell out of me. people such as "myspace whores" who constantly spill every detail of there life no matter how personal , only to crave for attention is one of my pet peeves, I also find, when face to face with these people their moral fiber isnt the strongest either.
karavatas 2 years ago 2
I'm definitely kind of picky and choosy on what I put out there on facebook and twitter and even livejournal. My facebook and twitter are very privatized now, and I actually go to the trouble to figure out who would care to read this or that about my life, and who I care knows this or that. And I always am using filter lists for my livejournal.
People talk, things get around, and at the end of the day, everyone doesn't need to know all of my dirty laundry.
kagomeyuy 2 years ago
somewhat of both but more privet
bleachfreak123456 2 years ago
i am also on livejournal, and although it is a screen name i use other places, i have all of my entries either on friends only or private
aka, if i don't want you seeing it your not going to
my facebook has no personal things than the occasional "i've had a shit day" or "i did this this weekend" post's. Honestly i've been considering deleting my facebook because i dot even give a shit about 90% of my "Friends". Studies show you can't even mentally keep up with more than about 120 people.
paradoxpiex 2 years ago