While I may sometimes comment on things that happen in my personal life, I am careful to be transparent in my dealings online and be thoughtful over what I post.
As I have a work profile, many young people have added me to be their "friend" online and I have accepted. It has become a useful tool where young people can contact me to find out about events, and I can broadcast messages to them. Of course, you also get to see a lot of personal information about the young people and this can be problematic.
A few weeks back, I saw a status update from a young person that concerned me. It read: "gunna bash Billy n hiz windows r gunna be egged hardcore", meaning he was going to beat up Billy and throw eggs at his house.
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