Web Of Risk By Brad Stone Summary

In Brad Stone’s essay “Web of Risks”, he explains and describes the risks of using social-networking sites such as Facebook. Stone talks about the growing popularity of sites like Facebook and how those sites can affect a careless student who posts nonprofessional content on their page. Stone also mentions that Facebook was intended to be more private, but most users do not take advantage of the privacy setting available. Examples of students who made mistakes and were not cautious enough on social media sites are given in the essay. A person with a higher status would catch something inappropriate on the student’s social media page, resulting in the student having to face consequences. However, Stone does point out that there are benefits for having a social-networking site, but users just have to be careful of what they post and what others may see.

It was also interesting to read about how Facebook was started and what it was intended for. However, when I read this essay, I could tell it was from the earlier 2000s since more adults use Facebook now. In fact, more teenagers and college students are using Facebook less and are only using it to keep in touch with adults and old friends. The examples in the essay were pretty interesting though. I also think that it is pretty dumb to post pictures of things like alcohol on Facebook when you’re underage though, and I see and know a couple people who do things like that. It just makes me wonder why they would post things like that, especially when they have family members on Facebook,