Comments on: When Does the Media Cross the Line? http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:38:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: dbrowell http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8347 dbrowell Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:17:04 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8347 Having worked in and consulted for higher education and new media, don't let any amount of shock surprise you. Those photos aren't even that bad... And certainly aren't of the overreacting horror-story variety. The school should do some sort of quiet punishment, not offer to speak on the matter and leave it at that. Making a loud example is silly. I continuously warned college administrators in the last several years that their students will only be handed more and more privacy tools (and will gain the savvy to use the ones they already had)... which means that if they only use Facebook for prosecution that their constituency will drive their actions further underground. They can help decide how high the cultural wall will be. Having worked in and consulted for higher education and new media, don’t let any amount of shock surprise you.

Those photos aren’t even that bad… And certainly aren’t of the overreacting horror-story variety. The school should do some sort of quiet punishment, not offer to speak on the matter and leave it at that. Making a loud example is silly.

I continuously warned college administrators in the last several years that their students will only be handed more and more privacy tools (and will gain the savvy to use the ones they already had)… which means that if they only use Facebook for prosecution that their constituency will drive their actions further underground. They can help decide how high the cultural wall will be.

]]> By: dbrowell http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14590 dbrowell Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:17:04 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14590 Having worked in and consulted for higher education and new media, don't let any amount of shock surprise you. <br><br>Those photos aren't even that bad... And certainly aren't of the overreacting horror-story variety. The school should do some sort of quiet punishment, not offer to speak on the matter and leave it at that. Making a loud example is silly.<br><br>I continuously warned college administrators in the last several years that their students will only be handed more and more privacy tools (and will gain the savvy to use the ones they already had)... which means that if they only use Facebook for prosecution that their constituency will drive their actions further underground. They can help decide how high the cultural wall will be. Having worked in and consulted for higher education and new media, don't let any amount of shock surprise you.

Those photos aren't even that bad… And certainly aren't of the overreacting horror-story variety. The school should do some sort of quiet punishment, not offer to speak on the matter and leave it at that. Making a loud example is silly.

I continuously warned college administrators in the last several years that their students will only be handed more and more privacy tools (and will gain the savvy to use the ones they already had)… which means that if they only use Facebook for prosecution that their constituency will drive their actions further underground. They can help decide how high the cultural wall will be.

]]> By: Maggy Young http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8340 Maggy Young Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:32:56 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8340 Where's the proof they were drinking alcohol anyway? I didn't see it. I just saw a typical student fun party. Question - is are the college authorities taking a swipe at the students or at Facebook ? Personally, I suspect the latter plays at least some part in it. Where’s the proof they were drinking alcohol anyway? I didn’t see it. I just saw a typical student fun party.
Question - is are the college authorities taking a swipe at the students or at Facebook ? Personally, I suspect the latter plays at least some part in it.

]]> By: Maggy Young http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14589 Maggy Young Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:32:56 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14589 Where's the proof they were drinking alcohol anyway? I didn't see it. I just saw a typical student fun party.<br>Question - is are the college authorities taking a swipe at the students or at Facebook ? Personally, I suspect the latter plays at least some part in it. Where's the proof they were drinking alcohol anyway? I didn't see it. I just saw a typical student fun party.
Question - is are the college authorities taking a swipe at the students or at Facebook ? Personally, I suspect the latter plays at least some part in it.

]]> By: sav http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8325 sav Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:15:40 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8325 I'm surprised to see college authorities are 'astonished' to find photos of students drinking... and that is a ground for suspension?? What about online videos of college students like 'girls gone wild' or other amateur videos of students, which are far more humiliating than beer bong? When I was in college five years ago, there was no facebook, and still I never missed a frat party sex/drugs/drinking photo that either made rounds online or was even posted on the college newspaper. No-one was suspended, that I heard of. I’m surprised to see college authorities are ‘astonished’ to find photos of students drinking… and that is a ground for suspension??

What about online videos of college students like ‘girls gone wild’ or other amateur videos of students, which are far more humiliating than beer bong? When I was in college five years ago, there was no facebook, and still I never missed a frat party sex/drugs/drinking photo that either made rounds online or was even posted on the college newspaper. No-one was suspended, that I heard of.

]]> By: sav http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14588 sav Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:15:40 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14588 I'm surprised to see college authorities are 'astonished' to find photos of students drinking... and that is a ground for suspension??<br><br>What about online videos of college students like 'girls gone wild' or other amateur videos of students, which are far more humiliating than beer bong? When I was in college five years ago, there was no facebook, and still I never missed a frat party sex/drugs/drinking photo that either made rounds online or was even posted on the college newspaper. No-one was suspended, that I heard of. I'm surprised to see college authorities are 'astonished' to find photos of students drinking… and that is a ground for suspension??

What about online videos of college students like 'girls gone wild' or other amateur videos of students, which are far more humiliating than beer bong? When I was in college five years ago, there was no facebook, and still I never missed a frat party sex/drugs/drinking photo that either made rounds online or was even posted on the college newspaper. No-one was suspended, that I heard of.

]]> By: Seth Rubenstein http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8319 Seth Rubenstein Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:39:11 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-8319 Should she have posted the photos, no. However, Facebook needs to come to allow creative commons licensing on photos that way people don't get into these situations where news outlets can publish private photos between friends. Should she have posted the photos, no. However, Facebook needs to come to allow creative commons licensing on photos that way people don’t get into these situations where news outlets can publish private photos between friends.

]]> By: Seth Rubenstein http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14587 Seth Rubenstein Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:39:11 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/03/when-does-the-media-cross-the-line/#comment-14587 Should she have posted the photos, no. However, Facebook needs to come to allow creative commons licensing on photos that way people don't get into these situations where news outlets can publish private photos between friends. Should she have posted the photos, no. However, Facebook needs to come to allow creative commons licensing on photos that way people don't get into these situations where news outlets can publish private photos between friends.

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