Privacy And Social Media

Chances are you have a social media account or know someone that does. As social media accounts grow in popularity and, among certain people, in necessity, so, too, do questions about personal privacy within the framework of using these social media platforms. Whether it’s information about your relationship, your children, travel plans, or even basic personal interests, there are a lot of things that we are willingly sharing with the world that might just end up posing problems from us and the people we care about.

There are many reasons that people choose to have private accounts. These include not wanting to come across as being judgmental, not letting others know who follows you, and maybe even feeling insecure. Ultimately, it is the user’s choice whether to have his or her account be public or private. It’s important to know, though, that having a private account isn’t a guarantee that unauthorized people won’t be able it to access it. And if you choose to have a public account, you should be smart so as not to jeopardize, say, your job.

Probably one of the most obvious tips when it comes to privacy is to watch what you post if you have children or work with them. A father was recently scouting out preschools for his child and remembered from a public post years ago that a quite opinionated woman mentioned that she worked at this school. Turns out, she still does, and, though she no longer mentions it on her personal page, she does include quite provocative photos of herself that probably wouldn’t make any parent feel particularly comfortable about her teaching their young children. Somehow, this has slipped through the school’s filter for now. In any case, that father chose to go against the school and actually ended up using the more appropriate public social media profile from another school’s teacher as guidance in making the choice he did.

There have also been instances of people’s posts being reposted by others and those other people ending up getting money from the posts. The original poster, who should, in theory, have rights to what was posted, walks away with nothing. It seems so wrong.

Monoreto is a social network that wants to reward users posters for their original content. This is a social network where users pay to like the posts that they really like and help boost the creators of original content and reward them in the process. Users who pay to give likes also move up in the feed. To find out more about this user-driven social media network, go to www.monoreto.com.

Sources: The Startup, Scary Mommy