Omar Kayyam on Social Networks

“The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on:

nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line,

nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.”                                                                                       Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

What are we getting with all of these free networking and social networking sites? When someone wants to “friend” you or join your network, how do you know they are who they say they are? Do you really need, or have time for, 100 or 1000 friends? When your children are grown and thinking about running for political office, or apply for a job, is there a foolish posting or two that will come back to haunt them, or you? Are your thoughts so profound or urgent that “tweeting” them is a good thing? What are you going to do when a prospective employer asks to see your Facebook page?

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