Recently, I have read a plethora of articles on how the use of social media can ruin your career. The NYC Skank Blogger comes to mind. There is an astonishing amount of people that don’t take into consideration how public a forum they are broadcasting in. Or they maintain the stance that well no one really visits my site anyway. A majority of their exploits and expletives however personal they may feel they are prominently being displayed on the World Wide Web’s eyes and audible for its always listening ears. Google has changed the rules of the playing field when it turned the info of the anonymous blogger over revealing her identity. Bloggers will now likely be held responsible for their statements going forward.

The latest craze seems to be flat out arguing via Facebook or blog and recruiting via your friends list to get people to root for your cause of the moment. I am all for rallying the troops to action for a good cause. But defamation and slander are where we should all draw the line. Try to keep in mind if you were on the other end of the comments how would you feel? Would you want your boss, co-workers, family and friends to be privy to slanted information about you? It’s a whole new world out there probably a good idea to put your best comment forward.