Being connected to friends and acquaintances through the cyber world is a remarkable thing. There are the benefits of looking through pictures of friends kids that you may not get to see too often, family that may live on the other side of the country, and reconnecting with old HS or College friends you haven't talked to in years. But in actuality , how much personal information do we need to know about our cyber world friends, Sharing emotional states, moods for the day, weather or not we are fighting with a spouse. This led me to think about some of my Do's and Dont's of Facebooking.
Do post pictures s of your children. I love seeing updated pictures of my friends and family's kids, it can always brighten a day or a mood.
Do post old pictures from "back in the day" it feels so good to reminisce of old times and remember where you came from and who you are.
Do post funny YouTube videos that can make the mundane work day go by so much faster.
Do make suggestions to others through sharing a link making a post or updating a status with great new movies or books to check out.
Do not put yourself in the "it's complicated with" relationship status. Acquaintances do not need to know you are in a rocky relationship.
Do not post pictures of yourself half nude. If we know you we know you have a fantastic body under that shirt.
Do not post status's that tell us you hate your life or your day is so miserable. If your life was that bad you wouldn't have time to update your status.
Do not post pictures that have "paraphernalia" in the background, have self respect.
Do not post pictures of your food. Honestly no one cares.
Do not have "Modeling Pics" album if you are NOT getting paid for those pictures. That would mean you are NOT a model.
So keep it light and entertaining, don't turn it into a place to moan about your life, a place to showcase of your half naked pictures, or a place to tell us how complciated your relationships are!
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3 comments:
This is such a great post. Dead on.
Do people really have "Modeling Pics" albums?? WOW!
Great column - clears up a lot for me, but there are those people I connect, reconnect or maitain my connection with that wouldn't be who they are if they didn't update their status every 10 minutes to tell you exactly what they are doing. I would miss that of some of them - but will send the others this post!
and please people if your facebook pic is like a year old and you keep it up there because you "think" you look good or skinny...CHANGE IT. No1 likes false advertisment. Just be how you are..who cares if you starting eating meat again and gained 10lbs.
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