It’s not the numerous legitimate privacy concerns that scare me about Google Buzz. I get nauseous nauseated* thinking about the first time someone–you, me, an elected official or famous person–mistakes a Buzz reply for an email and says something patently offensive, evil and/or downright embarrassing.

And it’s public. But you thought it was private when you hit send because the Buzz reply was IN YOUR INBOX.

Who’s horrible idea was this? I can’t imagine anything WORSE than putting a very public communications vehicle in someone’s PRIVATE email inbox. Read More…

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Good grief. The mayor of a tiny Tennessee town outside of Memphis is throwing a tantrum about missing the end of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. I love Charlie Brown as much as the next guy, but seriously? Does this really warrant publishing a Facebook rant about how the President of the United States is a Christ-hating, Charlie Brown-interrupting Muslim?

I’m embarrassed for three reasons:

A) this guy is an elected official, and

B) he is making important decisions on behalf of folks in my home state, and

C) dude clearly doesn’t understand there is no privacy on the Internet. Not that he was seeking privacy when he posted this insanity for 1,600 “friends” to see. Read More…

Nope. Not even if you delete something you said, mark your account private and/or keep only close friends on your roster.

To help us all remember that, please repeat after me this not-at-all-brilliant, but 100 percent accurate mantra:

Tweet with caution, Facebook with care – ten years from now, it will still be out there.

On second thought, print it out and tape it to your computer monitor.

XOXO –Flackrabbit