When I’m online I try to be myself. I post what I want and what I like, I don’t really care what people think. I don’t post anything racist or anything that would offend someone. I do take a second look and re-think what I’m about to post. I don’t think about or care what people will think or say on what I wear or look like.

I know that I’m a nice and chill person, but I also know other people might not think that. On my social media pages I do come off as that. I know I can also come off as mean or rude but it’s only because weirdos are commenting on the stuff I post and I don’t want that so I just tell them to stop and block them.

I Always think about what I’m posting. I re-read and look over the picture or quote because even though it might not offend me or my friends, it could to someone else who follows me. Other people can be more sensitive than others and actually take things to heart or be offended.

The pros about posting online is that you can share information with others from all over the world. News can be shared, pictures, and many other things. You could also meet new people from sharing and resharing posts. There are also many other good thing about sharing and posting things too. Cons about sharing are that people could hate on what you post. People also can troll you, say rude things, or make fun of you. Also, arguments can happen under a post because they were offended or some other reason that you didn’t realize.

Lack of control online can lead to some bad things. If you don’t control what you post and not care bad things could happen. A lot of things online are also permanent, you might have deleted what you posted but someone could have saved it, screenshotted, or reshared before you had the chance to delete it. Anything you post can be spread quickly and you might not even know.

I think professional jobs should do a social media background check. Not if you’re going to work at McDonalds. If I was to hire someone in a law firm I wouldn’t want them to be reckless and posting it on social media, it’s making my business look bad. If they did a background check on your social media and you’re applying at McDonald's, it’s pointless because is just extra cash until kids get out of high school. Even if you’re not in high school it’s still pointless because it’s kind of simple work.

Free speech is where you have the freedom to say whatever you want. There are certain words that you shouldn’t say because it’s racist or offensive in some way to someone. You’re protected if you’re not saying rude things to someone or offending someone. What you’re not going around saying racial slurs or anything else harmful you’ll be protected.

Internet trolls are people who spreads things all other the internet. They are annoying. They get into your business online and try to make you feel bad about yourself. Some say that internet trolls have “no life” so they try to make others feel bad about themselves because that’s how they’re feeling.

Internet trolling can be stopped if people would just stay out of others business online. Don’t comment when it’s not necessary or don’t start stupid arguments under an Instagram picture. Nobody like trolls.

They pros of posting online anonymously is that no one will know who you are if you posting some type of a personal post. Also, if a job is looking for your social media they won’t find it. The cons are that some people might want to know who’s posting the picture. Someone could also find out who you were posting about if you were talking or posting about someone.

3 tips for posting online:

1. Think about what you post before you post it.

2. Don’t post anything offensive to others.

3. Don’t post all of your business online.

I have Facebook, Instagram and snapchat. On all those social medias I will have to say that I am a person that watches what I posts and sometimes have comedy in my posts. People might have different impressions of me, but that’s what I think of myself on my social media. Before I post online is most of the time is will it offend anyone, and does it have any profanity (if it’s a repost from another person’s page).

There are pros and cons about sharing online. The pros are that it’s great to go and see the things that people have posts either funny or serious. Its also good to see the things that your friends are up too.  The cons on online use is that the government is always watching on what you posts. Most of the time you need to watch the things that you posts or else you can get in trouble by the government if you posts things about drugs and etc. Also if you are posting bad behavior on your social medias jobs that you are trying to get into might not accept you because of your bad behavior on social media.

Lack of control can really get you in trouble online. Let’s say that you made your own meme and you and a couple of other friends thought it was funny, but not everyone when you post it is going to think its funny. You need to watch out in the things that you posts even though there's always someone that going to be “butt hurt” or even hate on the thing that you post because that’s how people are.

Permanence will most likely happen to you when you post something online. Depending how long you post something because there is not going to be someone waiting for you to post so they can just screenshot it. People can end up screenshotting your post if you keep it up there long enough. An app called Snapchat is good to use if you want to know if people are screenshotting your posts because it says who has screenshot your posts.

Immediacy can also happen because people are able to see the things that you post right away. If it’s a posts that you had seconds thoughts on you might not want to posts it because once again people can see it as soon as you posts it.

I think that social media background checks by potential employees are important, but at the same time you won’t be able to have your private life to yourself because companies are checking your posts. It’s a good thing because you don’t want to hire a person that has a bad reputation on social media.

Free speech is kinda self explanatory. It’s the ability to say anything without being prosecuted for the things that you say. Freedom of speech does not protect you from everything, it’s to an extent. For example freedom of speech does not protect you from “Fighting words”, fighting words are words that would make someone that you said those “Fighting words” to commit an act of violence against someone.  

Internet trolls are people online who make a fake social media account and mess with people online. They sometimes say that you have won a prize so they can steal your information. They also go under comments and just write things down to mess with people's emotions just for the fun of it.

The only thing to do in stopping trolls is to ignore them and just let them be.

The pros and in being anonymous on social media is that people will not know who you are. You can post anything that you want and people won’t know it's you. The cons are that your friends won’t know that it’s you.