Virtual Space Cadet

             I would think of myself as a well-rounded person in the virtual world.  While being very active on Facebook and Twitter and I enjoy browsing on YouTube.  I think that if someone were to look at my profiles on all of the virtual spaces that I am active on, they would know very much about me, yet think that I still leave information for privacy.  I am a very open person but I make sure that I am careful about what is posted for my safety.  I do not believe that the information posted could be used against me if it were scanned for an interview.  I think that many people are much too active online and post information or pictures of things that should not be posted for the entire world to see.  For example, someone that I was friends on Facebook who happened to attend my high school, posted pictures of their self half naked because they thought that those would be the pictures to get her crush’s attention.  She then was unsure as to why she didn’t receive a job after they scanned through her Facebook.  I think that behavior like, posting sexual pictures should not be put on your Facebook and in todays generation Facebook is like posting that picture in the local newspaper.  Although, her profile may be private, people that are friends with her have access to it and they can be the ones to share with the rest of the world. 

I make sure that I am frequently checking in online while still keeping a regular social life.  In today’s society people live and breathe through their online networks.   I think that having a life in a virtual world is very important in today’s world but I also believe that having a social life out of the virtual world is equally important. 

On my virtual spaces I favor Facebook and Twitter.  I think that sites like these are “fool proof” and are very easily accessible.  Facebook allows me to chat with many of my family and friends that are far and near.  Even better Facebook recently joined up with Skype so that if you have a webcam you and easily Skype a Facebook friend without actually being friends on Skype.  The other site that I favor is Twitter, this is a great network because I can post my thoughts in a matter of seconds while using my smart phone.  I decided to make my Twitter private because I wanted to limit who follows me to people that I am familiar with.  I can also see what my friends are thinking while still having a mixture of news, horoscopes, jokes, etc.  I follow many people and organizations like UberFacts, The90sLife, VSPINK, Cosmopolitan, BestOfPisces, FunnyOrTruth, and many more.  I love following VSPINK because Victoria’s Secret post things like what’s on sale or insiders on their latest styles.

I must say that I use YouTube, but before this course I did not add videos that I liked or manage a channel.  I would use it to upload my videos and to search for other videos and music.  Trying to manage a YouTube channel was a little tricky in the beginning but I am starting to get the hang of it unlike, the photo post site, Flickr.  Flickr for me is the most confusing thing.  I can’t seem to get the hang of it.  I guess I just think that there are many other sites that have a photography base that are easy to navigate. 

Just a little video that I think is very comical.  It's a video of a girl who just got her wisdom teeth out and because of the anesthetic she is on she acts unusual.  The story she is describing is so bisarre she even attempts to rap.  I would love to hear other's feedback and what they think about the video.  The comments on the video are mostly just people repeating what she said and not actual feedback.  

                  Hope this made you smile! Have a great week!!