Original Wedding Bands of Constance Thomas
Many people feel that there isn’t any privacy when it comes to social networks. Let’s take wedding events for example. Couples today are using the Internet for more than just the search engine to find the best venue and caterer. They are utilizing it to connect many to showcase their everyday planning of their special moments, all on one site.
Mashable did a wedding survey with Carley Roney of The Knot, she states “It seems the rules of wedding etiquette are evolving as technology becomes part of the wedding plan. The faux pas of sharing information with those not invited is gone, and it’s becoming more and more okay to post openly, even to those who aren’t necessarily attending. We’re seeing a shift in the standard rules of wedding etiquette.”
Original Photo of Constance Thomas Wedding
Taken By: Jennifer Grant
Seclusion doesn’t exsist anymore. Intrusion in your life is what happens with any social netwok. It turns out about one in ten (8%) brides are updating their Facebook relationship statuses within minutes of saying “Yes,” while nearly one in three (31%) did so within hours of getting engaged. Mashable’s Social and Tech wedding survey, done in conjunction with TheKnot.com, shows that today’s bride is both connected and social. In other words, she has hashtags and QR codes, and she knows how to use them.
I recently spoke with newlywed Andrena Smith, who was just married this past November. Her planning process was shared by a Facebook group. When asked the question why, her reasons behind the social network she states, “to save on invitations because when we first made the group no one in the group were apart unless they were special.” The page was made private but with privacy laws changing with Facebook, many were still able to see their information. She states, some didn’t make the cut to join the group but its not because she didn’t want them there. There were some that intruded on their site for information still.
When asked about the reason for making the group private, Smith replied “It was just more comfortable,” she continues to say “most of all we just wanted to do something different that allowed for everyone to be informed”. For everyone to be informed meant only a select few. Those select few turned into many intruding. No one is safe. So your wedding has now become public domain.
When asked would she share another important event via facebook? Smith ended on saying, “Hmm, I’m not really sure of any events that have the same importance, besides having a child and I thinkit would be awesome if we set up a page with the progress of the baby.” She also states she has no regrets on the openess of the social network.
