Keeping up with appearances part 2: To Share or Not to Share

We've all heard it. The various "classifications" of Facebook users. What type are you? Do you share everything? Nothing? Or somewhere along the spectrum in between? Where do you draw the line? Do you have any privacy concerns? Security concerns?

When I started on Facebook, I was one of those SHARE EVERYTHING types. I had at least one status update a day. I posted every picture I ever took of my kids. I shared what they said, what they did, when they breathed, when they slept, when they were sick, when they were healthy, when they frustrated me, when they were cute. Oh it was fun! I was hooked! I LOVED IT!

Then, like it always does, life got in the way. Or maybe I grew less interested. Or maybe I realized that my kids were really just like every other kid in the world. Or maybe it was a combination of all of those plus my heightened concern over security and privacy. So, I slowed down quite a bit. I post a few pictures of my kids here and there. Days will go by without a status update. Sometimes I find myself wanting to post something to Facebook, even starting to, then I quickly delete, concerned over where that information is truly going.

I live in the world of social media daily. I monitor trends, conversations, mentions, you name it. I recognize that the Internet is forever - just because you think you deleted something does NOT mean it truly was deleted. I see the quicker-than-instant way social media blows up when a company or person does or says something controversial. In those moments, the reach of social media, of the Internet, hits me hard. And in many ways it scares me, and I again find myself looking for the manual!

I'm a few years away from my kids going social - so I have plenty of time to prepare myself for that (although I am sure there will be some new, crazy form of social out there by then!). But the question I put out to you all (join the conversation - post to our Facebook page!) is this: How much do you share over social media? And do you have privacy/security concerns when it comes to sharing information and photos of your kids? Do you place faith and trust in Facebook's, Twitter's or any other social platform's privacy settings?