All About The Details

Source: Ragan.com

This week’s article worth mentioning is, “What would Jane Austen do? A guide to social media etiquette.” As being a part of the Millennial generation, we are the first to have our childhood publicized to the world. We have have gone through the growing pains of social media by learning lessons the hard way. No one taught us that pictures from five years ago could affect us many years into the future.

I often feel as though Facebook is a cesspool. So much of my news feed consists of people complaining or trying to brag. I know I am not alone when I find myself comparing my life to others I see on Facebook. I often remind myself that the posts in my newsfeed are just the highlight reel of everyone’s lives. It isn’t their actual life, just the things they want you to see.

While technology has changed, human interactions have not and that is why I found this article so interesting! Situations that were happening 200+ years ago still relate to situations we all face today. The article talked about people who over-share and immediately several people came to mind. Those type of posts DRIVE ME NUTS. I don’t need to see 20 pictures of your children every day, ten of your car and another five of your new clothes.

Facebook creates a false sense of feeling like you know someone when you really don’t. I haven’t talked to a majority of my Facebook ‘friends’ for numerous years , but I still feel like I know intimate details about their lives.

Being a PR professional, I have a different sense for how to use social media. I don’t think of social media as a place to share every detail of my daily life. When I think about posting something, I always make sure that it has some sort of value or interest to my friends and that is one reason this tip stuck with me, “Before you post something, ask yourself whether you would talk about the content of your post at a crowded cocktail party.” Good advice to live by!