Is spying on the cards with social networks?

Pretty recently, there have been unconfirmed reports of people who have found stunning revelations of their office colleagues, friends, relatives and every possible kind of contact through social networks. Your present boss could be the lousy dork your friend always cursed before he changed jobs; your current company could be one of the most likely contenders for the top spot on your social network's hate-list; worse, your current girlfriend could be the same girl who ruined your distant cousin's life. With situations like these, one is forced to question, is there really a dark side to social networking.The answer, my friends, is yes and no.

Yes, because of the detailed personal revelation options given in the leading networks of today. Some of the more popular topics include 'from my past relationships I have learnt' and 'my idea of a perfect date' and so on. I mean, why would anyone want to ask you all these things. True, there are options that only your friends can view these details, but nevertheless, there are some things that have to be kept private, which brings me to the point of social networks not having a dark side. I do agree that the level of personalisation is quite higher than what you might expect from a common platform, but not everything is required to be revealed. There is no social network that refuses to accept your registration if you don't tell them the colour of your bedroom walls or what you had for dinner last night. In the end, it's always the user who has to choose what he wants to reveal about himself. Remember, if you don't make the choices, the choices make you.