With all of the advances that social media has to offer, I've been a bit concerned by a few recent articles that are highlighting a sheer lack of decorum online. Healther Havenstein's blog recenty highlighted a research report on the psychology of rude behavior. Bottom line is, if people have a reduced sense of identity, they tend to be rude and act in manners that they typically would not. The biggest issue I see with this is that your online personality can follow you as much as your actions on a day-to-day basis. This can effect you down the road in job interviews or in dating - hey anyone can Google you. That's why I say - if you wouldn't do it or say it in real-time, don't do it online. You don't want an improper activity to haunt you down the road.