Brandon Coppernoll Web content management, internet marketing and social media in Indiana

The dark side of social media and celebrity status: Tiger Woods story

Traditionally I try not to be in too much with celebrity news because most of the time it's really none of my business. The latest saga about Tiger Woods and how it's been spreading through social media has definitely caught my eye, but I think there's a lesson to be told other than the story that most people are placing their focus.

The truth is social media and even your celebrity status makes you transparent. It's a sad situation but true. Everything is under the microscope or under scrutiny. There isn't much you can do to hide from the waves of followers, fans or friends, and there is a "paper trail" wherever you go. If someone wants information it will be found eventually if they know how to look for it.

The dark side of social media and a celebrity status is that the simple human pleasure of privacy is lost forever if you don't grip it. Tiger has done his best to keep the story from leaking, but when you are a celebrity and couple that with the world of social media there are some who are going to bypass your attempts at some sort of privacy.

I am not going to support anything that may have happened in Tiger Woods' life, and at the same time I'm not really that interested. I do know that at some point there must be a line drawn between traditional media, social media and celebrity and know that a line should not be crossed. I think in the privacy of one's home, phone records, email or any non-public affairs unless it's breaking the law should stay completely their own business.

Some people say you can't be a public figure and have privacy. If you were a public figure wouldn't you want to have one of the most simple pleasures of having some business or some part of you to be your own?

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