节目资讯
刊物:科技前沿
日期:2009-08-05
难易度:High
关键字:all the rage, twist, adopter, proselytize, devoted
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”Whether you’re blogging or using Twitter or even sending an e-mail, you have to
assume that it will live forever.
That’s a fundamental shift in how we view our privacy.”.
What’s more, social networking sites might be the least dangerous, he said.
By their very nature, users can share their complaints and push those who
control the sites to make changes.
Moving information.
The social networking services tend to be more open than many other online
enterprises, he said.
Anytime you make a purchase over the Internet, for example, someone is probably
compiling information about you.
”Information is moving whether you know it or not,” Costa said.
”The thing about social networking is it tends to be more public.
But people who aren’t used to using instant messaging, or using Twitter, or Web
pages and blogs still think of it as a little like letter writing or talking to
friends.
”It’s very different when you publish something and it’s out there for all the
world to see.
Many times, you can’t really take it back.”.
OK. Well, the top of that left-hand column on page 17, we continue with a quote
here from Dan Costa of PCMag.
And he told us about the default position we have to take in the previous
reading.
And then we continue, Naomi.
Whether you’re blogging, or using Twitter, or even sending an e-mail, you have
to assume that it will live forever.
I think that’s a really key sentence there.
No matter what you’re doing online, you have to... you just have to figure that
this information, you can just delete it.
Right.
And the first thing that comes to mind is a lot of times I see things on the
Internet that people might leave comments or postings, um, let alone e-mails
where the language is really bad.
And, a lot of times they’ll do things either in anger or they might be critical
of other people.
And it’s really... it’s kind of sad in a way how... how nasty people can be
sometimes with stuff,
and you gotta realize that stuff’s gonna be out there forever.
People can pull this stuff up five, ten, fifteen years later and say, oh, wow,
geez, back... ten years ago, you said so and so about Howie.
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Right.
Yeah.
If you’re curious about how you’re looking online, try googling yourself and you
might be surprised...
Yeah.
Well, that’s a fundamental shift in how we view our privacy.
Fundamental shift is... would be a major, long-term change in how we operate -
that’s what he’s saying there.
And what’s more, Howie.
What’s more, social networking sites might be the least dangerous.
When we say ”what’s more,” we’re actually... what we mean is ”furthermore,” ”in
addition,” Social networking sites might be the least dangerous.
OK.
And he goes on to say: By their nature that users can share their complaints and
they can actually control the sites to make changes, right?
Which is a really important point.
Um, basically, he’s saying, compared to blogs or even e-mail, social networking
sites might be less dangerous than those as far as what kind of the information
you’re putting out on... online.
Even though it might seem scarier.
Actually there are a lot of ways where you have more control over your
information.
OK.
Now speaking of information, we get into moving information.
And there’s a lot of stuff going on.
All this information is moving around.
And we see that in the next reading, Howie.
Right.
In the reading, it says the social networking services tend to be more open than
many other online enterprises.
For example, anytime you make a purchase over the Internet, someone’s probably
compiling information about you.
And to compile means to collect information about you.
Well, that’s what I wanted to clarify: What is he saying here?
So if I purchase...
Naomi, you purchase things online, right?
Mmhm.
OK.
And so if you’re purchasing candles online just to pick something out,
now you give your information out, they’re tracking you, right?
Right.
So for example, every time I log on to Amazon, it comes up with a list of things
they think I might like.
OK. All right.
And so I know what happens:
Then later on when you log on to different sites, then all of a sudden, ads for
candles might start showing up.
Mmhm.
All right. Magically.
So, the information is moving whether you know it or not... or not.
It’s amazing where the information ends up.
So all these sites ask you to register and sign in and give a little information
and that stuff’s being shared.
Now what about the thing about social networking in line 19 and 20, Howie?
Well, remember, he was comparing about, uh, buying something over the Internet
and how they compile information about you.
But with social networking, it tends to be more public or open.
The people who aren’t used to using instant messaging, or using Twitter, and
also blogs, they might think of it just as writing a letter or talking to
friends.
OK. So if people aren’t used to instant messaging, he mentions there just found
in line 28, a little like letter writing.
You didn’t like that... uh... word, did you, Howie?
I think that’s three Ls in a row. It sounds a little bit awkward.
Maybe if you’re talking, because it is a quote.
But I might... If I’m writing it, I would say ”a bit like letter writing.”.
Hmm.
OK. All right.
So that is a... that’s a journalistic tip.
I think it’s helpful for our listeners to know that, to just kind of makes up
your wording, so it’s easier for people to read and also hear.
So if you say that too fast, it can be confusing to your audience.
Now, last paragraph in this day, Naomi.
It’s very different when you publish something and it’s out there for all the
world to see.
Many times you can’t really take it back.
If I write one letter to my sister, she might... you know, by mail, she might
keep it forever, but she might never show it to anyone else.
If I write something on my friend’s, uh, you know, Facebook Profile page, then
anyone could potentially see it.
Right.
And also Facebook, their servers will back it up too.
Mmhm.
So even if you delete it, it’s possible that it’s still saved on their server,
on their hard drive.
Well, you know, that’s what I’ve also discovered too.
Even though you might delete stuff, it still might be there, uh, on your
computer or maybe on one of these network, on these platforms.
So you just need to be very careful about what you say.
I guess there’s probably two things about that... is take time before you post
something and always try to be kinder than, uh, you know, than...
Uh, just try to be kinder, because I went through my mailbox the other day,
and I had found e-mails in there from four, five years ago that I didn’t even
know were there,
and I’m like, ”What is this stuff doing here?” But somebody could use that
information.
OK, listeners, thanks for joining us for day one of Social Networking 101.
Come on back tomorrow.
Till then, this is Bill...
Naomi...
And Howie...
Saying goodbye.
Goodbye.