Watch Exactly What You Share
PleaseRobMe.com is meant to get Twitter users to be careful what they Tweet.
Many people think a plus to social media sites is that anyone and everyone can find you for networking opportunities or to get back in touch, discover where you work, who you’re dating and pictures of your kids, dogs and cats. It’s all accessible, depending on your privacy settings.
A con to social media? Anyone and everyone can find you and get back in touch, discover where you work, who you’re dating and pictures of your kids, dogs and cats.
Why are the pros also cons? If people with good intentions know most of your info, people with bad intentions out there in the blogosphere and Twittersphere do, too. People know what your plans are, where you’re going and why, if you’re vacationing somewhere exotic or if you’re home sick from work. This can lead to making yourself a victim of burglary.
Mashable reported about a possible Twitter-related burglary, and a site called Please Rob Me was started to get people to be more careful about what they’re announcing to the world. It has a live Twitter feed that mainly features accounts of people who have theirs linked to FourSquare or Gowalla, sites that publicly tweet where a person is.
For the record, if used mainly for business, sharing advice and networking, this doesn’t really apply to you. But when you start tweeting about being away on a business trip or attending a business conference in another city, just be careful what you say!
Business Coaching | Stephanie Sims | February 22, 2010
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