So recently a story broke out about teenagers who broke into Brian Holloway's house and threw a house party while the ex-NFL star was in Florida for Labor Day Weekend. While enjoying his weekend, Holloway's son got word of a party going on at the New York home and told father. Kids at the party were saying that Holloway's son was actually at the party, even though he was in Florida for school.
When Holloway logged on twitter, tweets were flooding about this awesome blow out that about 300 kids were enjoying at his home. The kids were actually tweeting to him and taking pictures of them trashing his house.
Social media sites like "foursquare" and even Facebook and Twitter, allow you to check in where you are. When Foursquare came out, you got certain badges when you check into certain places. But one problem that came with "checking in" is that people know where you are at all time. There have been other cases where people have checked in at the gym or checked in at a hotel and realized they had been robbed when they got home. Yet people continue to do it whenever they log on. I will admit, I am guilty of checking in places, like when I'm at the bar or on vacation. I'm not even sure why I do it.
So that is my question, why do we feel the need to tell people where we are, even people we do not know?
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