Oh gee. Forgive us for smiling behind our hand but this linked story about how to avoid social media regret reminds us of the time fathers used to “have a talk” with their sons. Maybe they still do. The first generation of Internet users had to learn that email was forever. The words lie on a server owned by God knows who and it doesn’t matter if you beg the recipeint to destroy the message — it still lives on and on. Now it is even easier to let loose the unfinished judgement of youth on Twitter and whatever. Before social media, we were taught things like not to tilt our chairs at dinner and of course to stay fully dressed when someone had a camera at a party. Fast Company
