Dive Brief:

• Writing for the Atlantic, Phoebe Maltz Bovy argues that both college and K-12 instructors must be vigilant against oversharing on Facebook because of a simple truth: Students can find their posts.
• Privacy settings are too easy to change or slip up on, she says, and the kinds of things that instructors might be tempted to share  — funny errors for instance — are not the sort of things that are flattering to students.
• She argues that administrators should set guidelines about using Facebook and draw clear boundaries for instructors. 

Dive Insight:

Bovy's final point is a good one worth repeating verbatim: "Instructors should refrain from being the 'friends' of current students, but should post with the same amount of discretion they’d use if they were."