Students divided on Weiner sex scandal

According to “Love, Lust & the Social Network,” a TV series for the Sundance Channel, Twitter is the second largest social network webpage. The same investigative series reported Facebook as having enough members for it to be considered the third most populated nation. As the use of social networking has rapidly increased, some people seem to be experiencing backfire from such quickly delivered information.

On June 16, former New York Representative Anthony Weiner, resigned from office after a heavily covered ‘sexting scandal.’ Having unintentionally tweeted a picture of his genitals to his followers, Weiner’s behavior soon filled headlines.

Last week The Daily Aztec conducted two unofficial polls on Facebook regarding the scandal. The first poll asked, “Should a politician’s personal life affect their political career?” The results suggested an overwhelming vote of those who said it should not affect their political career. From the first sample, political science junior Ariana Perfecto disagreed with the majority. “Ideally it shouldn’t matter what he does in his personal life,” Perfecto said. “But unfortunately he is a public figure and it does matter. What he did tarnished his position and made a joke of what it represents.”

As the second poll collected results, opinions began to balance.

“I don’t think it should matter what you do with your personal life, as long as it does not interfere with your job,” psychology junior Monse Hernandez said.