Social Media and a Cautionary Tale
We all use it... Facebook, Twitter, Linked-in, Google+ and now Pinterest. Most everyone uses some form of Social Media. It is how we communicate in the 21st Century.
But just how far have we come from when our ancestors drew paintings on cave 
walls to depict animals and other scenes to Pinterest where we “Pin” objects we like on Boards.
And just as those pesky cave paintings are still around for us to examine, our Tweets, posts and other messages we put in cyberspace will linger for others to read.
We... the current incarnation of cave men... do have the benefit of history to know that once we press that “SEND” button.. it is out there and we’d better be prepared to own what we’ve written... own it and be responsible for the consequences.
I was speaking with a friend today who relayed to me this sad story......
She and her fiance learned of his son’s death from a drug overdose
while they were on Facebook.
It seems that word of the young man’s death spread as his friends got on Facebook before his mother could contact the boy's father. Imagine learning of your child’s death not from a family member but from the Internet.
Last year when my friend’s house burned his sister learned of it after her niece posted it on Facebook right after the fire.
Don’t misunderstand..... I love all of the social media. But with 24 hour news and text alerts, we’re all becoming spring loaded to shout it out to the world often before we take a breath to think about the consequences of our message.
Please just take some time to think
before you press “SEND”.
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