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Originally Posted by Skybird
I started to have fun by mimicing Worf's behavior in these training groups and confronting individual's very much in his way: a mixture of not taking them seriously, and directness.
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Thank you for the mental image I now have of Commander Worf as ship's counselor. It's going to make me giggle for days.
Aside from that I think the article is spot on. And so many people who put what they may still consider "personal" info up on the 'net "just for my family and friends" really have no idea that, except in very rare exceptions, it just doesn't work that way. And the exceptions probably require more 'net savvy to find and use properly than they have until it's too late. They learn the hard way.
And I've actually heard tell of employers who are now including requests for "online identity" info in their job applications, because they want to check out a potential hire's Facebook/MySpace/etc. page or otherwise look into their online activity in the same way they might conduct a background check to look for potentially illegal or embarrassing/questionable (to them) behavior, past or present.
And you just know that if that's the case, somebody who doesn't know any better is probably shrugging and thinking "what's the harm" and filling in the information.