Twitter is like stalking but…not

Privacy is a big issue these days in the legal system, just look at what happened at UCLA and the medical records that were not kept oh so confidential.  Everyone wants privacy yet it seems we all join sites that give us the exact opposite. Check out the article on reunion.com. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus16apr16,0,6520320.column 

I actually received an email from someone saying they had “searched” me on reunion.com. I barely knew this person but still checked out the site. Now, after looking at the site, I quickly decided I didn’t have time to sign up so that was the end of it. However, the article in the Times mentions a woman who accidentally sent a request to 250 of her contacts to join Reunion.com. Nightmare.

Then you have….Twitter. A site where you can willingly follow someone’s every move for entertainment. In fact you can have as many followers as you would like. It’s almost like giving a God complex to people that have more followers than others. I mean, do I really care that you just ate a burrito? At first I refused to sign up but even I, Stephanie, am following a few people. Mainly for business purposes but it still feels kind of odd. I just hope I never run into them as it would feel kind of funny to know I have completely been following a person that doesn’t even know me. Better to be a leader than a follower or better to be a Twitterer?