Critical things to avoid on your Facebook

Sources for this article : Time Magazine, Techland time.com

Facebook crazy ness is getting really high with millions of users to post everything you can imagine. This powerful social media platform can give also hard times if you are not careful how you are using it. Even Facebook is a great place for Cyber Social gathering and business can creates also a lot of troubles. It has been reckoned recently that not everyone who is a Facebook user has an innocent mind. Debt collectors are starting using Facebook to discover people who can’t be found in any other way, while a recent study of Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College have discovered how to use Facebook profile pictures and facial recognition software to match people's names to their faces, with a success rate of 31%, according to CNet.

 The researchers created a database of 25,000 Facebook profile pictures from students at the university. Then, they gathered up some volunteers and snapped some photos with a webcam. After about three seconds of rapid-fire comparisons, the software was able to identify the student nearly a third of the time.

Scary isn’t it? 

So here a NOT TO DO on Facebook list which I believe will help you to avoid troubles.
1. Post how much you hate your boss, your supervisor or your job. Most likely your boss has a Facebook account and probably is your “friend” or a friend of your friends

2. Publish your pictures or your friend’s pictures when you are in a party absolutely drunk. You have to be very careful of your profile even this is your private profile. Be aware also that the police are now scouting Facebook pictures for evidence of underage drinking, so before you post that fun night out, you might want to think twice. Several students at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse faced underage drinking fines after pictures of him at a party surfaced on his Facebook page.

3.Post evidences that you have cheated your significant other. Do I have to explain that? Divorce lawyers know how to use Facebook too. According to a survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 81 percent of its members have used or faced evidence taken from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social networking sites. Facebook is the number one go to place to find dirt on your client's spouse. Sixty-six percent of the time proof of an affair from a social networking site comes from Facebook.

4. Post when you will be out of your home for vacations.

Burglars are now becoming tech savvy and checking Facebook to see if you are out of the house. A string of New Hampshire robberies were tied to this modus operandi; the suspects checked Facebook for children's or parents' updates that said that the family was going to go on vacation. A Virginia woman was robbed as well after she said she was going to a concert at a specific time on a specific day, leaving her house empty for several hours.
5. Extort people on Facebook

Extortion is always illegal, but doing it through Facebook leaves digital evidence that a criminal will find hard to erase. Anthony Stancl received 15 years in jail for extorting naked photos through Facebook from underage males. Stancl, who was 18 at the time, posed as a female on the social networking site and tricked classmates into sending explicit photos of themselves, which he used as blackmail. The fake profile was eventually traced back to him.

6. Do not accept everybody as a friend. Check people thoroughly. You have this legal right. Who they are, and if they are your friends contacts. If somebody hasn’t a profile picture or you do not have common friends is better not to include him on your friends list especially if you have young kids.

7. Do not shout your luxury purchases on your Facebook.

Especially if you have your credit card toped up and a couple of missing payments or debt collectors is looking for you. Another reason is robbers could identify you easily if you have also included your address and telephone number and without even realizing it to victimize yourself.

8. Update your Facebook profile with illegal activities.

From not stopping to a red traffic light up to serious cases a Facebook post could count as evidence and take you to the court.

As I am a Facebook user myself I believe that Facebook is a great tool. A tool is a tool is neutral. The good or bad comes from the kind of use of the tool. As Facebook is winning more audience it becomes apparent that like every community will have also some dark sheep. Another factor is this winning social media platform has started to have some heavy “competitors” who they are not so happy with all this success. My advice to you is to check your privacy settings, check your comment settings, and be very careful about  your postings, your kids’ pictures, your pets pictures and the list of your friends.  A good idea also is to ask for help from Social Media experts and learn how to use Facebook properly either personal or for your business.