On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, David Alanis wrote: > I am not saying that you've ever made bad choices about what you post on > your facebook account. But someone that may not necessarily think the > world of you can potentially use it against you (of course I am just > kidding). We leave a digital trail on the web, and we should consider what it says about us every time we post something. Unlike a lot of things about me, Facebook isn't visible to the entire world (at least not the way I have it configured). > Nevertheless, here is a recent show on this american life (that you scan > stream ) about a man Joe Lipari who posted a "threat" on his facebook > account and got visited by the local police. > > http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/414/right-to-remain-silent How is that different from posting something on one's personal web site, sending a threatening email message to a distribution list, sending a threatening letter or passing a threatening note, or just making a threatening statement to someone? In other words, what does Facebook (or even digital technology) have to do with what happened to Joe Lipari? I don't have time to listen to the radio show right now, so I'll have to ask: Was he turned in by Facebook staff? If not, I don't see this as being about Facebook. Wait - I found it... http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/902097--joe-lipari-the-poster-child-for-internet-stupidity ...and the story is that he was turned in by one of his Facebook "friends." So I don't see this as a Facebook-specific event and especially not an event that has anything to do with digital privacy. Mike