Social Media was created for professional networking abilities, but the way people use social media will differentiate based upon who you ask. You can use social media for:
-Building a Brand
-Networking
-Staying Connected to Others
-Access Knowledge
I believe the above reasons are all positive ways to use social media. Sadly to say everyone doesn’t use social media in a positive light. Social media literally gives anyone a voice, which can be a great or not so great thing. We’re living in times where literally EVERYTHING makes social media, there’s no such thing as any personal privacy.
I think there’s a thin line between being authentic and sharing to help encourage others and simply sharing too much. The harsh reality is that for the most part nobody really cares about what takes place in your life every second of the day. I understand some things that happen in our life can help others, but there is such a thing as over exposing what no one cares about.
Social media is a place where people can be whoever they want to be. For many they’re portraying something they’re not. This is where people begin to flaunt and post certain things to stroke their own ego. I’ve seen people post literally every aspect in their life on social media, but still command that others mind their own business. These people don’t realize they’ve made every part of their life the world’s business by the things they post.
Some use social media as a therapist and in my personal opinion I believe that is really extreme. Sometimes people don’t think through their content before posting it. For instance, when you’re in a state of having low self-esteem and you’re posting certain content to get positive feedback isn’t going to help your self-esteem from a long term perspective. There’s personal work that needs to be done and sometimes that work takes isolation, maybe even a therapist.
I wrote all of this to say: don’t let social media consume your life. There can be some things that can be enjoyed/handled in private; social media doesn’t have to get every aspect of your life. Remember: there’s a thin line between using your life experiences to help others and simply over disclosing. This means that the posting sole benefit is only to you.
Last point: the internet saves EVERYTHING. No matter if you delete it off your account it still will exist. Some of the things you say could potentially come back to haunt you, especially in the professional setting. For instance, I’ve seen several people complain about their boss on social media. We all know that if their job ran across their posting there would be some issues with that. WHEN POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THINK ABOUT YOUR REASON BEHIND IT; DEMI IS FOREVER AND ALWAYS ROOTING FOR YOU!
