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This is what I have been teaching my kids and their cousins: 1) Everything you do on the internet is public 2) Everything you post on the internet is forever
by odorousrex 8y ago
This is what I have been teaching my kids and their cousins:
1) Everything you do on the internet is public
2) Everything you post on the internet is forever
3) Everything above can be traced back to you
I also showed them how easy it is to save private and public snaps without sending a screenshot notification (including video!) and how easy it is to fake.
It's hard to know if it's sinking in or not, but I hope so.
I wish I could show parents who are not tech saavy how to get these points across to their children.
- marcosdumay 8y agoAll those lines would be better with ", except when you want it to" appended at the end.
- vollmond 8y agoThe entire point of the post is that "what you want" doesn't apply to this.
- lotyrin 8y agoGP's point was, I think, that if you wish for something to be permanent, then it won't be (have backups). Not exactly relevant but not contrary to the core concept we're discussing (being pessimistic about the quality of service).
- pmlnr 8y ago> Everything you post on the internet is forever I wish it was. Anything on social media maybe, but the broader internet dies in ~10 years.
- mlindner 8y agoA lot of my forum posts from 2004 are still around. Also web archive exists meaning that all those sites are being archived even if the site hosting that content disappears.
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- PakG1 8y agoI honestly don't know how Snapchat ever was able to maintain the veneer that snaps are temporary and can't come back to haunt you after they disappear. Their own users often would take screenshots, so how did the story that snaps are temporary keep getting promoted?