Resourcefulness Made Easy

With the internet, one can find almost anyone and anything in a matter of seconds. Just type in someone’s name and viola – so many websites, so little time. Even when that person isn’t of public interest, more often than not at least one link will show up – the one leading to his or her facebook account. Convenient for you, but maybe not convenient for all your ninongs and ninangs who thought they’d never have to see you again.

The speed in which someone can find you, however, can also be downright scary. If finding someone is so convenient for you, it’s most likely really convenient for all the would-be stalkers in the world as well. A girl I know was working abroad for a few months. Imagine her shock when one day their office phone rang and a guy she was uncomfortable with back home was on the line, looking for her. Apparently, he found her office trunkline’s number online and tried to get in touch with her through that, since she hadn’t given him her cell phone number. When you think about it though, it couldn’t be called a violation of privacy per se, since it wasn’t HER number he found, it was the office number.

Of course, there are some people you WANT to find you. Last year a classmate from pre-school who used to tease me about my nickname found me on facebook. He said he figured I probably hadn’t changed my nickname yet, and he was right. I guess one of the great things about social networking sites like facebook is that you get the chance to share aspects of your life with people who are far away from you, and they get to do the same with you. What’s horrible, however, is that in just the same way, people you don’t know or to whom you don’t want to give access to your life, may find ways to do so. As the old saying goes, there are two sides to every coin.

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