Today, I decided to say F*** the world and the social birds in it! I'm speaking of social networking. Social networking is overrated; you don’t need to be linked
to every site. If I am linked to every site, it should bring me some type of revenue or opportunities. Right?
The only social network I think is acceptable for me is Facebook. I say
this because Facebook help you stay connected to old friends and distant
family. Now, I think Twitter is absolutely stupid. So much is shared on there.
Most information in my opinion is irrelevant. Guys and gals make these accounts and rely on 140 characters to boost their ego or confirm some type of personality they came up with. I mean seriously, are you really networking or looking for a following? Those are totally different things in my book. Networking is to actually connecting with different people and exchanging information for a purpose. A follower count? Just makes you feel good. And not to mention the slander that takes place on there. I mean damn, people really have zero sense and aren't comprehensive of what's going on around them. I'm not going to lie, those memes are hilarious! But slandering some poor girl because she was beat up or said something politically incorrect is just mean.
Twitter is a trend. It's like high school all over again except everyone is behind keyboards and key pads. That's why I deleted my account for the time being. I was following people that I knew and it wasn't really what I wanted to see. Once I got out of the "trend" mindset that black twitter instilled in me and got into my "business" mindset then I really found no use for the account. I mean I'm not in career field yet so who am I going to network to? How am I going to better myself or help someone else via that account? Until that day comes, its gonna to stay deleted.
Twitter ends friendships,
relationships and careers. Don’t get me wrong, it is solely based on what the
user puts out there but for some reason people just get inadvertently trashy on
twitter more than Facebook. I am very
careful with what I submit to a site. I work for the governor of Florida and
that wouldn’t look too good for me. Additionally, I hold myself to a higher,
more professional standard personally.
As far as employer views and actions, I feel as if an employer is doing
too much when they search for you on a social network. Technically, what I do
or say on my own time shouldn’t have anything to do with my employer as long as
I am not breaking any policies and doing my job when I'm there. But it is a
sticky situation when you’re applying for a job and they are searching for you
on a social network in order to determine if they should hire you. You should
be smart about what you post and share. Since the MySpace era, we’ve always
been warned about social networking and what we post. Only a small percentage has heeded to that warning.
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