Educators and parents often worry about the content of teen social media accounts, spurring many conversations around digital citizenship, digital footprints and online behaviour. I caught wind of the SimpleWash site on a chat show this week. Essentially, it scrapes through a person’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, tagging content compared with a list of objectionable vocabulary. I’m suggesting it as a next-step for students, especially our upcoming graduating classes, as they begin post-secondary studies, new jobs and entering adulthood. It offers a chance for users to see their online presence from another point of view – and an opportunity to tidy things up.
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The URL: http://www.simplewa.sh