When Noelia Trujillo posted a picture of herself in a Gators hoodie on Instagram, she didn’t know it would find its way onto the @UF_Boobs Twitter account.
The account, @UF_Boobs, which aims to show school spirit and a little bit of skin, is encouraging women to join the “boobment.” However, women’s Facebook pictures are being posted on the account without their knowledge.
“If they get from FB, that is public,” @UF_Boobs tweeted to an Alligator reporter. “Don’t post to FB what you don’t want seen.”
Trujillo, a 19-year-old journalism sophomore, said she did not voluntarily send the picture, so it should not be labeled as a submission.
Since the last time the Alligator wrote about @UF_Boobs, the Twitter has added a Gmail account for anonymous submissions.
But for Trujillo, the account did not make her identity a secret when they posted her photo.
“In that one tweet, my Instagram and Twitter handles are shown, so anyone looking at the @UF_Boobs Twitter would see my information,” she said.
Trujillo said when she first saw the Twitter account, she thought it was funny, but she now thinks the account’s Facebook lurking is creepy.
She’s not alone.
Tia Lenae, a 19-year-old UF senior, said her pictures were on the account before she had even heard of @UF_Boobs.
The scariest part, Lenae said, is that her profile is private, and she thinks someone she knows could have been the one to take and submit the photos.
“This is putting me out for the entire University of Florida to see,” she said. “Not just people who I’m friends with on Facebook.”
Lenae said she was caught off guard when she found out she was on the account.
“That can really ruin someone’s reputation, especially for professional students who are going to have job interviews,” she said.
Bruce Floyd, UF’s university relations social media specialist, said it’s important to be aware of the privacy options that are offered on social media sites.
“Take the time to reacquaint yourself with any possible changes to these settings,” he wrote in an email.
Contact Alexa Volland at avolland@alligator.org.
