Communications Major

The economy is picking up. Paying no attention this week to the first presidential debate or a positive job report, we look to the other online chatter and deduce that America is on an upswing. With new apps and social media to help us buy and ways to get paid when you influence other buyers online, shopping is making headlines.

This week as reported by TechCrunch, Facebook users have been hearing rumors that private messages - written in 2009 and earlier - were showing up on public timelines. Facebook investigated the claims and found them to be false and technically impossible to be true.

But users are scrolling down their timelines and revisiting old posts on their timelines...and getting nervous. Why? Out of context, these public messages seem private.