Since it's snowing I'm sure we've all had many cosy days in, but the films are running out and we've drunk our body weight in tea so what should we do now? I've taken this opportunity (also known as snow day 4.0) to clear out my Facebook by which I mean deleting a load of people.
Sometimes I look at the amount of friends I have on Facebook (1024) and it's like I definitely don't have that many friends in real life. Who are these people and why are they allowed to see all my content so casually?
With social media it's so easy to be exposed so I think you need to divide up your platforms and decide what the purpose of each one is. I keep Instagram public but Snapchat and Facebook are definitely more personal and private. But then is my Facebook really private with a good 700 people I probably don't even know on it? This is why clearing out Facebook occasionally is very important. I don't want people who don't know me seeing private photos and posts relating to my life, especially when I can't even put a face to a name sometimes.
I remember in school I would add people I'd met just once and haven't ever seen again and we would all exchange how many friends we had on there. Why? The more I think about it the more bizarre it seems. Definitely time for some decluttering.
So my criteria for deleting includes: do I actually know you? Do I like you? Am I at all interested in seeing what you're up to in life these days? Is it a real account?
I think that's a pretty solid four questions to go by for my big clear out. Ultimately I think the point of this post is to remind myself and my readers that social media can be pretty dangerous and it's important to keep some things private.
I've had people tell me they know all about my life from Instagram, and while I do post a lot of stuff on there, it's definitely not a depiction of my whole life; it's stuff I'm comfortable sharing publicly and it's stuff that I find interesting and that makes me happy- this does not translate to my whole life and being.
It's probably the same with Facebook in the sense that it depicts an image of me, however it's much closer to home in the sense that I have family on there and it's where I share funny pictures of myself and friends on nights out and holidays etc. That's why I don't think 'Year 11s Pengtings', random people from freshers or people I crushed on growing up need to have any access to my Facebook as it's private and a platform I can keep control of.
Sometimes I look at the amount of friends I have on Facebook (1024) and it's like I definitely don't have that many friends in real life. Who are these people and why are they allowed to see all my content so casually?
With social media it's so easy to be exposed so I think you need to divide up your platforms and decide what the purpose of each one is. I keep Instagram public but Snapchat and Facebook are definitely more personal and private. But then is my Facebook really private with a good 700 people I probably don't even know on it? This is why clearing out Facebook occasionally is very important. I don't want people who don't know me seeing private photos and posts relating to my life, especially when I can't even put a face to a name sometimes.
I remember in school I would add people I'd met just once and haven't ever seen again and we would all exchange how many friends we had on there. Why? The more I think about it the more bizarre it seems. Definitely time for some decluttering.
So my criteria for deleting includes: do I actually know you? Do I like you? Am I at all interested in seeing what you're up to in life these days? Is it a real account?
I think that's a pretty solid four questions to go by for my big clear out. Ultimately I think the point of this post is to remind myself and my readers that social media can be pretty dangerous and it's important to keep some things private.
I've had people tell me they know all about my life from Instagram, and while I do post a lot of stuff on there, it's definitely not a depiction of my whole life; it's stuff I'm comfortable sharing publicly and it's stuff that I find interesting and that makes me happy- this does not translate to my whole life and being.
It's probably the same with Facebook in the sense that it depicts an image of me, however it's much closer to home in the sense that I have family on there and it's where I share funny pictures of myself and friends on nights out and holidays etc. That's why I don't think 'Year 11s Pengtings', random people from freshers or people I crushed on growing up need to have any access to my Facebook as it's private and a platform I can keep control of.
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