It has become a habit of many college students to wake up on the weekend and notice emails from facebook.com announcing [your friend] has tagged a photo of you! Most students will immediately log on to see whether these pictures are acceptable. Because of recent trend of companies and schools utilizing facebook as a tool to judge students as candidates, facebook monitoring has become more stringent. You look through pictures and make quick judgments on whether you want yourself tagged or not. I found myself with less need to untag, because my friends tag only "good" pictures of me. Rarely do I post discriminating pictures of my friends or actually tag them. It's become a social norm to post positive pictures from own experience. Additionally, most people do not want to be associated with friends engaging extremely discriminating or embarrassing actions.
The Leviathan defined as "that mortal god, to which we owe under the immortal God; our peace and defence" [sic] exists in facebook.com as well. Although not a clear, single figure, administrators maintain the site and wield a considerable power. If a complaint in submitted by other members, they can give you a warning and ultimately excommunicate you from the network.
Wallace mentioned different factors affecting the online rules and their enforcement. Facebook does have "the sign on the door" regarding posting pictures. When a user shares pictures in the network, he is required to acknowledge the terms of facebook. More specifically for the profile picture, the user agrees to follow copyright laws and post a nonpornographic picture of himself. An example of "arched bow" is your friend untagging herself from your pictures. If you continue to tag horrible, discriminating pictures of your friends, you will end up "alone" in your pictures. Perhaps no one will want to pose with you at the next party! Another example will be posting a picture directly in violation with facebook terms. It can cause removal of your pictures and even account termination by the Leviathan. Polarization to "all untagger" and "accept all tags" is rare. But group identity helps decide what pictures are acceptable. The major group identity that exists is the school. A range of photos selected and posted depends on the school environment and interests of students.
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I liked reading your post, many of the points you made I have experienced myself. This weekend after my house had a party, I woke up to emails from facebook about pictures I was tagged in by a few friends. I immediately logged on to do some quality control, making sure I was presented well in the photos. The pictures were generally acceptable, however, one friend tagged some slightly inappropriate pictures that I wouldn't want everyone to see. There was definitely a brow raised by me and I untagged the pictures. Hopefully he will get the message and conform to conventions imposed by the Leviathan.
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