"Did you see what she put online!?"

I have a FaceBook account.  I have a Twitter account.  And now I have a blog.  If there is something I don't want people knowing, then I shouldn't put it here or anywhere online.  My mom reads my tweets.  My old teachers read my status updates.  My future employer could read this.  There is no privacy anymore.

But is that true?  Is there really no privacy or are people just easily upset when things they put online are actually viewed and judged by others?  You choose what you post.  You make the decision to talk about how you cheated on a test or stole from a store.  Then you get caught.  Is the person that found out to blame for you getting caught or are you?  Both of those things are wrong to do to begin with, but putting that in the public eye is just plain stupid and will lead to negative consequences.

Everyone needs to be smart about what they put online.  We live in a social media dominated world and anything you type can and (quite possibly) will be used against you.