The Internet.. is it really about reputation?

Honestly, is the internet all about protecting someone's reputation or is about getting attention? I have been the victim of being repremanded by a higher authority because of something I said on Facebook. Come on, seriously. Is it really that big of a deal what someone says or posts on an internet website? Of course it is serious if a person is talking about committing suicide or something to that nature, but it is not a big deal in my eyes if I say the F word on an online blog. I know that some people would argue that you if you want something to stay private, then you shouldnt' post it on it online. But, there are some people who find the internet to be THEIR personal space. For instance, when our parents or even grandparents were growing up, it was standard for a person to have a diary. In today's society, the diary has been replaced with online blogging sites! Therefore, for the generation now it is acceptable for a person to use online blogging sites as a resource to tell about personal events. I just don't see how someone has the right to go on someone's blog and repremand them for something they said ONLINE! The word that I used was the wrong choice of word, and I know that, but I was having an extremly bad day and writing it all out on Facebook didn't seem like a big deal. Yea, there were people that I wanted to read it. In fact, I wrote the post for the purpose of certain people reading it. No, I didn't use the word that I used to attract anyone to my post, but at that point it did seem to convey exactly how I was feeling. I guess the reason that it upsets me so much that I slapped on the wrist for writing the F word on an online blogging site is because it was MINE. It was my site to write whatever I wanted to and someone had to to go out and look for what I wrote. It wasn't like I posted on my status thing that I just wrote a post and I wanted everyone to read it. But someone took the liberty to read it and send it to the higher authority that repremanded me.

Online blogging sites aer someone that some people consider private. Granted, they aren't private, but for some people who know about nothing but online blogging sites to help express their feelings, it is unconceivable that someone would get in trouble for what they write on a blog. If I wrote someone about killing someone, or even myself, or anything to that nature it would bea little more understandable. I dont know, I just can't keep going on about this because I 'll just keep repeating myself. My point is, I am an adult. I live away from parents and I am of legal age to do most things. Therefore, in order for me to be considered and treated as adult, as the real world does, I expect to get the same treatment when I am at a college or anywhere else for that matter. Yes, I am on a Christian campus and yes, I agree with many of the rules we have to live by. But, I do not agree with the school monitoring what I do or say on my Facebook or what I do in my life off of campus. It isn't like I am a stripper or a hooker or a drug dealer, I just said one word that I shouldn't have and now I have to live with the fact there was a teacher on this campus who read my post and sent it to a higher person. Now, 2 people on this campus know that I said a "dirty" word, and they didn't even hear it come directly from MY mouth. I typed it on a post on Facebook.... technically, it could have been ANYONE! Oh well, it is in the past and I just think that some people should realize that online sites are not always meant for everyone to see, yet I know that is how some people view the subject.





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