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Graphic: Are you sharing too much online?

Do you post your birthday or where you’re going? Do you worry what others might say about you?

ARE YOU SHARING too much online? Do you give away too much about your self on your social network profiles?

Studies have found that social media can be harder to resist than cigarettes, while an Intel survey found that nine out of every ten Americans think people share too much information about themselves.

Online Education has put together this infographic based on what and how people share online, from their movements to their alcohol use…

(If you’re having trouble viewing the rather large graphic just click on it)

Are People Sharing Too Much Online?

Courtesy of: www.online-education.net

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Comments (10 Comments)

  • Gooney 22/06/12 #

    Emer don’t mind Wolfie,he is always moaning about something!

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  • Very well told Helena. An analogy that might make sense to you, is your grandmother going to the local post office and trying to gauge the level of volume to use, in order to get the local gossip, without exposing herself to letting all the other local gossips knowing everything about herself. I think it was Oscar Wilde who said, the only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about.

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  • most things about me are online. don’t really care though tbh. nothing to hide and nobody would want to be me so not worried about identity theft.
    then again I am a Nigerian prince , anyone want billions ?

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  • It’s my birthday today and I’m 45, I’m not at home I’m in Hollywood..

    That’s lie, half of what we share isn’t the truth, its put up there to brag, to be deliberately deceitful (either to hide information or to give false information) or its put up as a joke. You can’t trust everything you read on a social networking site, if you have friends true friends they know your date of high, your blood type, your real name. Fir a person to stick up everything on an open wall on Facebook is asking for trouble.

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  • Emmie 23/06/12 #

    Every time I’m asked for my Facebook and I tell them I don’t have one, I get the strangest look! I agree it’s great for keeping in touch and organising things, but I got fed up of complainers. Plus I miss old fashioned calling someone for chats or face to face interaction.nnPeople share far too much online, once someone gets hold of your date of birth, dangerous things can happen. Online security is not emphasised enough, especially to our older generation who may not understand the dangers of doing so.

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  • Facebook never heard of it….is it a new thing

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  • my granny asked if there was anything about her on Facebook, she didn’t want people knowing things I was so shocked I replied who would put anything up on Facebook about you, she was a little upset (i was too blunt) I asked if anyone she knew was on facebook to try and claw back the conversation, her answer “why would they bother” kinda negates the original question but obviously oversharing is something she is aware of.

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  • Go TheJournal!

    -Receive comment indicating picture not displaying properly
    -Two routes of action emerge!
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    Fix the problem Delete the comment
    And good ol’ TheJournal takes the second one.

    Well done!

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    • ???????

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    • Hi Wolfgang, we were already aware that the embedded infographic wasn’t displaying correctly for some users and were in the process of adding a line about clicking on the image itself to see it properly. Your comment wasn’t deleted to hide it, it was because we were already aware of the problem.

      There is an option at the end of each story to ‘send a correction’ which is useful for this purpose.

      Thanks, Emer

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