blog #13- The past always comes back to haunt you

As Dana Boyd discussed in the video the online environment is sort of the same as the offline environment in that it is a place for friends to come together and “hang out” in a sense. She also says that “kids” are using online networking sites primarily to interact with their friends whether they’re from the same school, different school, apart of after school activities, etc. A really good point is brought up in the video in that whatever is put online is basically going to be there forever. I remember when I was in highschool when facebook began to get really popular, a speaker came to talk to us about the dangers of what we post online and that pictures that get posted could stay on the internet forever and I have heard a couple of stories of how these pictures have come back from the past to bite people when they are looking for jobs. A new thing college kids are doing are changing their names on facebook when it’s time to apply to grad schools and look for jobs because they don’t want anything on their page to backfire on them and blow an opportunity. I have seen a couple of crazy name changes but mainly I’ve just seen people switching around their first, middle, and last name.