We are starting to use Wiki's to communicate our research on digital communication tools. Wiki is very public, and very easy to use. This can be both good and bad. A major topic on Wiki's right now is the infamous Wiki-Leaks. I view this as a very very bad thing. Not only is extremely private information being broadcasted to the public but it is also a huge security breach. I feel very unsafe with all of these classified things being just open for everyone. Embarrassing things can be broadcasted and be somewhat permanent, I know that the first of the Wiki Leaks made our Ambassadors look very unprofessional with the things they were saying about important international figures. Just imagine all the immature garbage that teens can put on wikis about peers or things they don't completely understand. Wikis are basically a database that I would relate to blogs or a newspaper, a magazine.. anyone can read through them and if the wrong information or information that was meant to be private is read, then that can completely screw up someone's life. That is why we need to be careful as to what we post on the internet. People tend to forget that everything they post online is not only permanent, but it is also very public.
So next time you use a wiki or use a blog to communicate information.. make sure that you are exceptionally careful and wise with what you post. The last thing anyone should want to do is to hurt the feelings of someone else.
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