Well, well. Here we are again. There are people doing really dumb shit on the internet, and now we have to talk about it (yeah, that is pretty much how it works). Last week, I pointed out that Twitter is a dangerous level to bring sexting to. As in, you shouldn’t do it. Today I feel the need to discuss behavior on that other social media platform, a.k.a. Facebook.
The fact that there are people who need their Facebook profiles monitored by some higher being is not news- I have definitely addressed this before. But that had more to do with people sharing their feelings and treating Facebook like a diary. It was really annoying, but I can’t say I found any examples of explicitly incriminating statuses or posts. Granted, I was using examples of people I was actually Facebook friends with (awksauce), so the pool is limited. But then I read about some chick named Paula Asher who posted an absurd status that made light of her recent DUI. She posted:
my dumb ass got a dui and I hit a car…lol.
First of all…I don’t think Paula knows what LOL actually stands for. Even if she was trying to use it ironically, it doesn’t really work. Nothing about drunk driving makes anybody laugh. Nothing about hitting a car makes anybody laugh either, let alone “out loud.” Second of all, why on earth would she publicize to the world that she was driving drunk? Is she friends with the type of people who think that is cool? In case you were wondering, over here at #sasstag, we think that driving while intoxicated is extremely uncool, outlined by Kara’s post about those drunkies in Hollywood. What I will give Paula, despite all of this, is that she acknowledged that she is a dumbass. It is very important to be self-aware in that way.
On top of Paula’s original crime (the DUI), she was ordered by a judge to delete her Facebook account after posting her idiotic status. After ignoring the judge’s order, Paula was sentenced to two nights in jail (as a preventative measure for the world, I think she deserves to be in jail forever considering how stupid I gather she is).
Basically, if you only get one thing out of this blog today, it should be that you should NEVER, EVER POST INCRIMINATING THINGS ON FACEBOOK.
To sum up all of the #sasstag social media rules we have covered thus far:
- Do not ask for retweets or follow backs on Twitter.
- Do not treat Facebook like a diary.
- Do not send anyone naked photos of yourself on Twitter.
- Do not post incriminating shit on Facebook.
Go forth and be a not annoying social media user!
-S