As a lover of all things social – it’s remarkable how many people feel the need to share their (or their friends) social media ‘experiences’.

Gone are the days when you’d hear. . . . “you’ll never guess who joined facebook?” Now it’s more about the outrageous and the outraged as social media integrates itself in every day life. Here are a couple of examples, let me know which you think is the force for good:

Story 1: Over Sunday lunch I was treated to the tale of the husband in a recently estranged couple, who decided to divvy up the friends by hacking into his former wife’s facebook account and simply removing anyone he deemed to be ‘his’ friend from her friend list, then going onto his own account to remove the people he left her with from his own account. The lady I was chatting to felt divided, she had been left as a friend of the wife, while her husband was stuck with the hubby.

Story 2: Another friend today, while sharing how he was planning a surprise for his girlfriends birthday, revealed that for Christmas he bought her an iTouch and an upgraded account to Spotify. A an extra special treat, he even hacked into her account to create a series of playlists of her favourite tracks to add to the Christmas surprise.

I know who i think is on the side of good, put perhaps it’s not as clear cut as that. Perhaps the husband wanted to save his ex-wife from the heartache of working out who she should trust. Or perhaps the girlfriend felt invaded at having her password hacked and her personal information viewed – even by the man she loves.

I guess in the battle of good versus evil, social media is just like all the other battles of the world. It’s simply down to the reasons behind why you’re doing it and understanding the effect on the audience.