Presentation given at the 2010 Pacific High School Youth Summit. It discusses why it's important to think before posting things to social networking sites or sending images via text.

1. On NOT being an idiot on the web:
Social networking, cell phones, and avoiding regret
Presented by:
Matthew “Buzzy” Nielsen
Assistant Director, North Bend Public Library
This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution
October 14, 2010 United States license. For more information, visit http://www.creativecommons.org.

2. Think

3. A myriad of sites

4. Social networking is ...
Connecting with
friends and family
Conversing with people
Sharing your interests
Staying connected

5. Sharing is easy ... too easy

6. Sharing is easy ... too easy

7. The interwebs remember

8. Think

9. I trust my friends

10. But do I trust my friends' friends?

11. I have no idea who those people are.
And yet I can still look at this photo because
my friend commented on it.
And because of lax privacy settings.

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13. Uploading a photo takes 30 seconds.
Humiliation lasts a lifetime

14. Case in point
“
Thanks for eating at Brixx, you
cheap piece of @%#& camper.
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15. Think

16. And it's not just the Internet
Photo source: tillwe on flickr

17. The beauty of MMS

18. And the not so beautiful
20%

19. Percent of you who have sexted
Data source: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, "Sex and Tech"

20. Another case in point
Photo source: Mwibisono3 on Wikimedia Commons

21. Another case in point

22. Don't believe the hype.
Not all publicity of good publicity.

23. When you upload a photo to the Web
or text a photo to a friend
You. Lose. Control.

24. The magic of forwarding

25. And copy & paste

27. I trust my friends

28. All 400 of them ><

29. How to take control
1. Be careful who your friend.
2. Be discerning about what you post.
3. Think about what contact info to share.
4. Turn on privacy controls

30. 1. Be careful who you friend
It's all right to click this. No, really.

31. 2. Be discerning about what you post

32. 2. Be discerning about what you post

33. 3. Thing about what info to share

34. 4. Turn on privacy controls

35. 4. Turn on privacy controls

36. And don't forget your mobile phone

37. Think

38. And take control

39. Questions?
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