Collin's Social Media Survival Guide

Posted by Collin Shaw in TECH 1 - Hertz - e1 on

For me I only want to be online if I’m being recruited or doing something. But I’m only online due to my Instagram account. But other than that I’m not online. But if people were to see me online or on my Instagram they would see that I love basketball and I am intelligent and know what I want to have in my life. But enough about me this is a guide for you and how to survive in the social media world.

Pros and Cons of sharing online

Pros

  • You can share fun information to your friends

  • You can let anyone know how you're feeling

  • You can get advice/help

  • You can save lives if you need to

  • You can raise awareness


Cons

  • Anyone can find you

  • People can hack into your account

  • People can stalk you

  • You can lose vital information

  • You can lose your job if you post something inappropriate

How this can happenen  

You have no control of where your post goes. People can screenshot and share your post to who ever they want. Your employer can find out your account and see what you're up to. Also a big thing now is memes. Someone can meme you're post and it can go viral. Like Kyra Pringle. She was a little two year old that had a genetic disorder. So her mom posted a birthday picture online not knowing that it was going to be photoshopped memed and made fun of. So be careful with your posts. People who do this are called internet trolls. Internet trolls are people who start arguments when the post upsetting things just to get attention from people. You can easily stop internet trolling by not responding. Their goal is to get a response. So don’t pay them any mind.

Another thing is not everyone wants to know every aspect of your life. Like “ I just finished going to the bathroom. Now I’m going to pick up my kids.” Also another big thing is that if you comment or post  something rude, disrespectful, or racist you're employer can fire you for that. Or they may not even hire you if you didn’t get the job yet. You might think that's crazy but they have the right to do it. Would you want someone that is racist and discriminates minorities to be a police officer. I didn’t think so. So I think it’s a good thing that jobs do social media background checks.

So in conclusion these are my three tips to not get into trouble online:

  1. Don’t respond to internet trolls

  2. Don't post or like inappropriate content online

  3. Don’t post every little aspect of your life


Comments (9)

David Owens (Student 2019)
David Owens

Collin great job with the survival guide you were very descriptive with what you said and made very good points. While reading your guide I noticed you changed a question into a topic which was very smart good job.

Ayanna Russell (Student 2019)
Ayanna Russell

Collin you had a great way of turning the questions we were assigned to ask into a conversation. I agree, everything does not need to be known on the internet, I personally think it's an attention seeking strategy. I was very interested while reading your post and I think that you did a great job. What made you turn the questions around into a conversation? That was smart.

Rilajah Baynes (Student 2019)
Rilajah Baynes

One thing that really stood out to me is when you gave a example about the little two year old and how she had got made fun of. I felt like that really hit the mark of how social media can be very hurtful. So great job adding that information in blog. What made you want to include that in your blog?

Jeremiah Conley (Student 2019)
Jeremiah Conley

I like how he said that the mother did not know that her picture of her and her daughter would be made fun of and I also noticed how his tips would help people that did not know how or what they should post.

Jeremiah Conley (Student 2019)
Jeremiah Conley

I like how he said that the mother did not know that her picture of her and her daughter would be made fun of and I also noticed how his tips would help people that did not know how or what they should post.

Siani White (Student 2019)
Siani White

My favorite part of your blog is when you gave examples of things you were talking about. The part you can work on is your three tips they were good but could be different

Savannah Harris (Student 2019)
Savannah Harris

I like the beginning of your essay and how you explain why you will be online and how it followed in to what we were discussing. If you know that many people can hack and get into your things without your control why even have an account if all you post is about basketball?