Indeed, Boyd (2008) and Papacharissi & Gibson (2011)
have emphasized the persistence, search ability and
share ability features of online divulged data, since it is
digitally stored. Together with vast amount of personal
information being divulged, these features make the concern
of privacy become much more prominent, particularly with
teen users, as they over-disclose detailed personal data like
birth date, gender, school affiliation, family member, sexual
orientation, partner’s name and so forth, often without caution
that their information are viewable by strangers. In users’ own
SNS sites, which they consider as private, cause they have
control over their data and for whom can see, user-generated
content has the potential to be seen by millions of online
viewers.
It has also been supported by the number of researches
that users tend to underestimate the privacy dangers of self disclosure.
And the possibility for third parties to pass on
personal info and, transfer it into other contexts being asked to
take into further consideration. Regarding this, self-disclosing
behavior can bring along unwanted and unexpected
consequences for SNSs users.