Comments on: What happens when your travel is TOO transparent…

By: VagabonderZ

VagabonderZ — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:50:16 +0000

Allow me to clarify…I wasn't talking about what these idiots did…clearly they're off their tree…it was a general statement…that if you have pics of something that could possibly be interpreted as illegal, better think twice about posting them!

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By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:46:37 +0000

Questionable? How about illegal and damaging to an irreplaceable resource? Freaking idiots. Getting caught is the least of their problems.

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By: Jack travels

Jack travels — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:57:55 +0000

I'm still amazed that people post in a very public manner about the things they do that could be questionable: Whether that's getting too drunk and messing around with someone they shouldn't or committing a crime. Does everyone forget that social media is just that? Social?

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By: Turner

Turner — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:54:42 +0000

It can affect your job, too; my contract in Japan wasn't renewed because the company didn't like the way I talked about cultural differences on my blog.

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By: Andris

Andris — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:48:48 +0000

Great thought provoking article. I've _never_ understood why people break the law and then talk to the press about it. I guess it just plays on people's desire to brag about having gotten away with it. Just goes to show, the only way to keep a secret is….big surprise…to not tell anyone!

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By: VagabonderZ

VagabonderZ — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:46:19 +0000

All in all, a great reminder to think twice before posting anything that could be potentially construed as questionable! How sad…

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By: VagabonderZ

VagabonderZ — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:43:54 +0000

I was in China at the same time as my friend who kept a blogspot blog. She was able to blog…that is, until she wrote one about Tibet. Then it was game over for her (in regards to blogging that is, she was never harmed physically) until she left China.

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:46:23 +0000

I think the moral of the story is: Don't do anything illegal. Also, make your facebook pages accessible to FRIENDS only! Check out the Privacy settings on Facebook.

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By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:32:06 +0000

Soulglider, Sarah, and Eva- Important and interesting point regarding the use of Facebook by the Bahamian authorities. I checked several different sources and all of them glossed over the privacy incursion issues. I would argue, however (given recent events–Barack Obama's speechwriter getting caught groping a cardboard cut-out of Hillary Clinton in a photo on Facebook), that anyone using Facebook or any other virtual address book/diary/travel scrapbook should be judicious in their posting of personal information. It's likely that the scanning of Facebook for this type of information will increase, not decrease, particularly as no laws (to my knowledge) prevent authorities from doing so.

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By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:29:28 +0000

Nate- I absolutely agree with you and in no way condone the iguana grilling episode. It would be wrong (not to mention illegal) regardless of whether the couple made the stupid move to photograph their antics and post them on the Internet. Since there are people who make dumb decisions, though, they'd probably be well-advised to avoid publicizing their stupidity.

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