Social Network and Media Management Tips You Can Use in Your Gainesville Apartment
From Facebook to Twitter, social media and networking have become an integral part of many people’s lives. While this provides endless new opportunities for people to connect, it can also make private lives far more public than they have been in the past. In fact, what happens online can have real world consequences, which makes it a smart idea to proactively manage your online reputation.
The first step in managing your social media and networking is to better understand the sites and services you use. What are the different ways you can post pictures, messages, and other items? How easy is it to remove a particular type of communication? Who has access to view your profile and posts?
It’s a good rule of thumb to be more selective with a post as the number of people who can see it increases, or your ability to take it down decreases. To make this management easier, familiarize yourself with any privacy and security controls available to you, such as Facebook’s privacy settings menu or the “circles” system employed by Google+, and adjust them appropriately.
Another important part of managing your reputation is to regularly check your account, even if you don’t use it very much. Tagged photos, wall posts from friends, and comments on your previous actions could all be potentially damaging, and you may not be able to take appropriate action if you ignore your profiles on social websites. Signing up for e-mail or text alerts is a smart idea to give you warning of these type of activities, so that you can always take an appropriate action if you need to.
So, take a few minutes when you have some free time in your Gainesville apartment and read through your social websites to see just what they say about you. Bellamay Grand residents can even use the computer in our business center if they have issues with their own computer and need to quickly remove an unflattering post.
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