To Facebook or Not to Facebook?

My initial impressions of facebook was that it seemed like a good idea to be able to communicate with people not only from your community but from anywhere in the world. The benefits of facebook are being able to talk to anybody else that has one, and being able to stay in touch. The risks are that anybody can see the information that you post or put on, and that your information could get hacked. The article and the class discussion helped me reach this conclusion because they both “showed the light” on many things unknown to the average facebook user. For example, when you take a picture on your smart phone and post it to facebook, if you haven’t disabled your GPS system, then your exact coordinates are posted as well as the picture.