7 Ways to Ruin Your Facebook Image!

Do you want to present a public face that doesn't have the potential to hurt your image? I'm not talking about an image that portrays you being upity or fake. But, if you are looking for work or starting to develop a name for yourself, pay attention to these "What Not to Post" rules of Etiquette for Facebook. I think these will help.

1. Posting your status update every 5 minutes- It's really fun to be on FB and to read everyone's status updates. I also enjoy reading really funny and silly, sarcastic (humorously written) status update, too. It keeps you up to date with what your friends are doing and thinking and we all need a little humor and fun in our day. However, reading updates from the same person every 5 minutes is tiring and they need to think about twittering. It's like being in a very important meeting and having the same person dominate the whole meeting with their ideas. When people are constantly hearing from you, they are going to get tired of you. You are wearing out your welcome. If you need to say something, wait until you have something really important to say and say it. That way, you will get the attention of many others because they haven't heard from you in awhile.

2.Making inflamatory statements about Politics- If you want to start a Facebook war, do this! What a great way to alienate your friends. A lot of people feel very passionate about politics so if you need to say something about the politics of the day, make sure to state that it is your opinion and try to be as open and respectful of other's opinions. When you make an inflamatory statement like "Anyone who watches (insert name here, ex- CNN, Fox News, MSNBS) is a real idiot!" , people get all fired up and start commenting and arguing and then a war has started. Shame on you, too, if you post a statement to provoke an argument.

3.Venting and constantly being negative- Most of us don't want to hear about arguments that you are having with your family and friends and/or organizations, so please don't share them. If you need to vent about something, send a message and vent to a good friend... not the whole world. Facebook is a great way to organize for different causes. Just try to communicate about them in a postive way. Negativity really turns off people.

4. Complaining about your job- What a great way to get your co-workers to like you- NOT! You might even get fired for saying something negative on FB about the company you work for. Some companies are fighting back with defamation law suits against workers who cause bad PR for their company. So, watch out.

5. Sharing way TMI about your life- No one wants to hear about sex or your sex life for your status update! Nuff said.

6. Cussing and using filthy language- It's just offensive and unprofessional.. another turn off.

7. Posting pictures of you excessively drinking and partying all the time- Ha! Ha, Really good for your employers and future employers to see! I don't know many companies that want to hire people who are seen on FB for this kind of behavior. Employers do not want to see pictures fo you dressed promiscuously and making out with people all over FB either... just sayin.

The main point to remember here is that if you would not say what you are posting on Facebook directly to a person's face, then do not write it on FB.

Sincerely,

Ms. Lydia

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