Facebook

I chose the article about Facebook pictures not being deleted for over 3 years wrote by Jacqui Cheng on February 7th, 2011. I find this article really important in society today because everything is linked back to social networking since more than half the world uses it and doesn’t understand when they click delete, what actually happens. In this article, it summarizes how someone wanted a picture that was posted by someone else of their kid naked crawling around in the yard to be deleted and even though you delete it on the site, doesn’t mean that it’s off the World Wide Web. He contacted Facebook Company and asked for them to take it off the site for privacy purposes. He was told that they are working on a way to delete it permanently it from everything so that people don’t have to worry about having something as little as a picture to ruin your background. He soon found out that they didn’t completely take it down like he had asked because they get thousands of pictures every day and couldn’t get to his personal picture yet. They said they are working on a way to delete it within 45 minutes of pressing delete, but are still working on it. Since social network is such a big thing to be involved in, people find it the easiest way to find out something that you want to know about anyone. People these days are concerned that when you go and look for a job, they will look on your Facebook to see if you are a good or bad kid. Since Facebook is nationwide, a lot of people use it, put pictures up, and post stupid things that they will regret someday. By having this filter that will delete those mistakes that you regret, will allow people to not have to worry about it. I know people that are in college and they will change their name slightly just so there job sight, school, or anyone for that matter will find the pictures. I personally am on Facebook and watch what people post on my wall and put pictures up of me because I know people that have gotten screwed because this site.