I admit I’m not an enthusiastic social networking site member. The two accounts that I did sign up for have not been updated for months, and frankly it’s a “compliance” site. I signed up for because everyone had one and my friends insist that I make one for myself. Well, this week Jon Favreau (no, not the actor), may be having second thoughts about his Facebook account. Favreau was Obama’s speech writer during the 2008 election and has been featured by Newsweek (Jan. 2008) as a rising star. According to published reports, a picture of Favreau groping a life-size cardboard cut-out of Hilary Clinton was posted in Facebook last Friday. While the said picture was only there for two hours before being removed, it was long enough for the picture to go viral.
Incidents like this that reminds me that technology has made the world so small. With the internet, information is available on demand, communication is instantaneous and everything is within your reach. However, it also erased the partition we’ve created in our lives: school, work, family, etc. In each section, whether we admit it or not, we have different personas and as much as possible we try to keep them separate. It used to be that you can be goofy with your friends, bratty with your parents and serous with your work and it would be fine. But now everything we do (well those that we chose to post anyway) becomes available for public consumption. And we know people can’t help it but react and form opinions. So what may be hilarious to you and your friends, maybe offensive to others who see it. In Favreau’s case, he seemed to have gotten lucky as Hilary Clinton has a sense of humor. Clinton aide Philippe Reines told the Washington Post that “Sen. Clinton is pleased to learn of Jon's obvious interest in the State Department, and is currently reviewing his application."
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