When NASW member Dan Fagin's brother-in-law, also named Dan, fell seriously ill recently, the first Dan posted updates to his social media accounts. That's when the confusion began, Fagin writes for Slate, as countless friends voiced concern for his health: "This episode drove home just how profoundly the Internet has transformed the way most of us acquire and act on information — a transformation that has forced wrenching changes in my own profession of journalism."
