One of my favourite shows is back on the air this fall for its sixth season - Parks and Recreation! For those of you who aren't familiar with this program, this fictional show takes place in Pawnee, Indiana and is about the parks department of the Pawnee city government. More specifically it's about the characters that work in the department. But what does this have to do with the nature of my blog?
It's in his character to want to remain 'off the map' so to speak; to remain anonymous. In this episode he recruits the help of two other employees in the parks department to help clear his name from everywhere in town. An example, they go to different restaurants in town where his picture is hanging on the wall to have them removed. He literally removes everything with his name on it - including his name plaque on his office! Near the end of the episode (SPOILER ALERT!) one of the employees that helped, Tom Haverford tells Ron that another employee in the department (who wasn't with them), Andy Dwyer, likes the sweater Ron is wearing. Of course Ron is confused - how the heck does Andy know what sweater he is wearing?! Tom replies that he has been Tweeting their entire day together with pictures!!!!
I could NOT have found this more fitting to the course! Although Ron felt it was important that he remain off the grid ENTIRELY he was completely oblivious to Tom's picture-taking, tweeting, etc. And this got me thinking, not only do we need to be aware of what we're posting online, but we also need to be aware of what others are posting about us online too! It's kind of scary to think how easy stuff like this can happen, and it makes me wonder what information about myself I may find online that I didn't know was there....
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