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Today's Quote: Thank You for Not Sharing

By Lynne DeVenny

If you're going to use Facebook, don't be a Faceboob. It could cost you your job, your marriage, and your freedom. ~ From "How to Fall Flat on Your Facebook" (PCWorld)

Mainly, I just wanted a chance to use the word Faceboob. It's a keeper.

But this is an amusing read. Via the great over-sharing vehicle that is Facebook, a woman discovers her husband is already married to a Disney princess, and a (former) high school teacher tells the world how she really feels about her little "germ bag" students and their snobby parents - this despite having a doctorate degree.

And then there's our newly infamous 20-year old Michigan juror (isn't she cute? But the kitty just looks ticked off as well he should), who used Facebook to crow her excitement over a guilty verdict in a criminal trial - before the defense had presented its side.

The defense attorney was out for blood, or at least jail time and a forced reading of the entire Constitution, but the judge let the Faceboob (I had to use it in a sentence) off with a $250 fine and an order to write a 5-page essay about the 6th Amendment by October 1.

For some people, writing an essay about the Constitution would be much worse punishment than spending the night in the clink.

Source: PCWorld; mlive.com

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Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on September 02, 2010 (boomark / email).