We're a peculiar society. Half the population have bosoms, but, even if a woman is sunbathing on a beach, she can't be sure of privacy if she's undressed. Maybe it's the fault of the half who haven't got breasts; men have a lot to answer for! Bosoms are sexual, even if they're not sexy, and men want to see them. Even if you're a complete unknown, your photo can unexpectedly appear on a site such as Facebook and the unwanted publicity can then do you harm.
Some people, however, ask to be noticed. Enter the young, Italian, mafia members who have signed up to Facebook and are bragging to friends about their crimes. Even though they use aliases, they include photos, so can be easily traced by the police. That sounds dumb!
Then there's the young woman in a bikini, on a beach in Eastbourne, who posed for a photo with the blazing pier as a backdrop. The photo was uploaded onto Reddit and a million people viewed it within days. The fact that she was criticised for bad taste isn't the point; how did so many people find it!
It's not unusual, nowadays, for job applicants to not only have their CV checked, but also their Facebook page; they then lose their chance of a job offer because of inappropriate photos. It seems that we like to be seen - but only when it suits us. The problem is that we can't always pick and choose the suitable occasion. Search engines, such as Google, now have to consider an application to delete details if detrimental or out of date. With so much information on the internet, some is bound to be an embarrassment; our lives have become an open book and not always one we want read.
I stay away from social media, except for my blog site. I've never signed up to Facebook, Twitter or any similar means of publicising myself, so possibly I'm missing something. Oh, the thought of a million readers! Maybe, though, that number can't be achieved without the help of the sites that I shun.