snapshots of society #1

so many people that should be shot.

so here is the text that was accompanied by the photo:

PARENTS ALERT!!!! Do you know what teen kids are doing online these days?

We discovered that many pri and sec sch students are active in a particular Singaporean-based facebook group with 560,000+ members and growing. Young teens would post pictures of themselves and invite strangers to "rate", whatsapp, sms, follow, add them on FB and chat up via other social platforms like twitter and instagram

on a DAILY BASIS.

Are our teens socialising and seeking attention actively without understanding the full consequences and ramifications on social media... Many leave their personal details in the open, like their mobile numbers, emails, facebook IDs, twitter IDs, instagram IDs.

Do you think we should be concerned?

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS IF YOU FIND IT IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNGER GENERATION ON HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES WHILE SOCIALISING ONLINE.

while i see a cause for concern when kids like that leave their private information online for the world to see, i see absolutely nothing wrong with posting pictures and asking their friends to rate them. they are kids man, they obviously need the attention. more over, parents should be happy about the fact that their kids are home facebooking as opposed to snorting coke with worse company.

who are these busybodies that keep posting such things anyway? while berating kids for posting pictures that aren't compromising in anyway, making a collage of their photos is somehow going to make things better?

honestly, singaporeans. it's about time you guys start learning how to pick your bloody battles.