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We will never know what she is up to unless we are connected on Sgrouples. We all have a public and private life. Sgrouples.com is social media for both. Make groups with friends, family and coworkers and share content with only those who you wish to see it. It's your online life with privacy and simplicity.
Ding, dong, privacy is gone!
These days, I feel as though I am no longer safe on websites such as Facebook and Twitter. I recently googled myself, and I was surprised to see that my Twitter picture popped up with all of my information. If anyone with access to a computer can find these things about me in a matter of seconds, then how safe is my life in the virtual world? Better yet, with more hackers and trolls and such out there on the Internet, will my privacy and life be at risk? Should I just quit social media altogether? Yes, I find that I haven’t really cared in the past. Like many of my friends, I don’t feel as if I have any incriminating or uncomfortable things on most of my profiles on major networks. What would my “likes” and “favorite TV Shows” do to people? After all, it’s not as if someone is out there to get me.
Although I am most definitely not the type to be paranoid about such things, I am starting to become aware of my
These days, I feel as though I am no longer safe on websites such as Facebook and Twitter. I recently googled myself, and I was surprised to see that my Twitter picture popped up with all of my information. If anyone with access to a computer can find these things about me in a matter of seconds, then how safe is my life in the virtual world? Better yet, with more hackers and trolls and such out there on the Internet, will my privacy and life be at risk? Should I just quit social media altogether? Yes, I find that I haven’t really cared in the past. Like many of my friends, I don’t feel as if I have any incriminating or uncomfortable things on most of my profiles on major networks. What would my “likes” and “favorite TV Shows” do to people? After all, it’s not as if someone is out there to get me.
Although I am most definitely not the type to be paranoid about such things, I am starting to become aware of my virtual life. In a few years, I’ll be looking for jobs, and more and more companies these days turn to social media profiles such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, etc. to find information on potential employees. And if they do, God forbid, find something they don’t like, then your chances of employment decrease drastically.
I don’t feel safe thinking that it is possible for colleges and companies to look through your stuff and find stupid posts you wrote once upon a time when you were foolish and immature. Isn’t social media just an outlet for most people? Isn’t it a place to, yes, stay connected with friends and family, but also be yourself or a more daring, crazy version of yourself behind a computer or a phone? I find that I can post some pretty crazy pictures of myself on Facebook. Nothing too wild and dangerous, but just pictures of my friends and I swimming in the ocean at midnight or posing at a club. Of course, to me, those pictures are innocent, but it’s all about perspective. One person’s definition of fun and innocent is not the same as another’s. In life, most things are up for subjectivity, and everyone has a different viewpoint on a certain topic, idea, or subject.
Thankfully, there are solutions to social media privacy issues. Websites such as Sgrouples, which plays on the word, “scruples”, have finally seen the light of day! These social media networks stress great importance on privacy and recognize the fact that in real life, one does not have 2,000 friends that they hang out with all the time. So, yes, privacy may be decreasing, but it is not gone. Though I feel safer on Sgrouples, I still have a few concerns…
So here’s my question: is social media worth it? Do the pros outweigh the cons?
And is privacy really worth the price of a virtual outlet?
Sgrouples is the first private collaboration platform that groups your real life communities in one convenient place. Think facebook + dropbox with privacy.
((Basically we're just gonna be using it as a slightly more discussion based tumblr))
Join the Privacy revolution! Great site. Loads of capabilities and it's getting better daily.
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Tracking privacy across Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. Sgrouples maintains your privacy in social media. Check out Sgrouples today!
Who are the people behind Sgrouples? Meet the Sgrouples creators! Check out Sgrouples at sgrouples.com.
Sgrouples Organizes, Privatizes Your Social Media
Privacy is an oft-ignored concept in social media. Many declare that privacy is dead, and that no matter what you post, its being replicated everywhere. For the social media professional, this is an admission made long ago. For the casual user, the frustration of staying hidden online while still being able to keep in touch with friends, family and connections is a tough task, save for returning to email, phone calls and personal visits.
Sgrouples ("Scruples") seeks to change the norm that social media needs to lack privacy, by returning the power back to the users, by giving them the ability to take their already existing network and drop them into buckets where they can communicate privately with their friends without fear of intrusion by social networks and delivered advertising that Facebook and Twitter have been known to disseminate. Allen says that while Sgrouples is not a Facebook alternative, the platform its built on emphasizes privacy and has tools that are going to be the "best in the industry".
For the casual social media user, this is a change from what seems to have become the norm where companies scrape and data mine your profile information to deliver you relevant ads. Some people do enjoy the convenience of having what they want delivered to them whenever, but for users who want to browse unimpeded, share among their groups of friends and not have brands in their face, this could be an alternative for them. For those who currently work in the industry, this company presents a greater philosophical debate that has been raging for awhile on what exactly social media presents: Is it a platform that gives people the ability to socialize and be served advertising, or is it just one containing the other?
So if you're ready for a more private social media experience minus the ads, give Sgrouples a look. You can even start with their Privacy Bill of Rights on their website (reproduced below) so you can hold them to their promise that they are protecting you and what is rightfully your social network:
Will you use Sgrouples? Get started with them today and let me know what you think in the comments below.
Albert Qian writes for Albert Qian: The Social Media Dude
