Why a Person Must Be Eternally Vigilant When It Comes to Social Media Privacy
A person should always test and tweak their content before they make it accessible to the general public. This means that a business or business person should always make sure that they are saying the things they really mean and want to say. It helps to have another person look over the post and make sure that there is nothing offensive in the post. There are too many high profile people who do not follow this simple rule and they end up paying for it in the long run. We live in a society where things should be up to a certain public relations level. Therefore, having an extra set of eyes overlooking an update or post is extremely helpful.
Even after a person launches it, they should run a test to see if they have the right settings. This will keep a person from publishing anything that proves detrimental to their reputation or social image, which could hurt their business. This is the smartest advice anyone can get as it relates to his or her social media profile. There are many people who accidentally send out updates and posts that were intended for private eyes only. This makes it difficult for people to share things on the social media systems without an immediate danger and threat.
Most of the social media systems are set to allow everyone to see a post and update no matter who they are and if they have a relationship with the owner of the post. This makes it very easy for people who are not friends and not allowed (at least outwardly) to see everything that a person does online. This means that they do not have very much privacy and they may not be aware of this fact at all.
Therefore, a person must always set their profile to default to private, and then check to make sure that every post and update they intend to release is actually private. There are many mistakes that can happen on the social media systems and the best thing to do is to make sure that every post and update will be protected.
There are some classic cases when a social media system or a search engine has said that the information would be kept private, however, the privacy settings were unblocked, and the information was released anyway. Therefore, a person or business must always be wary of this possibility and make sure that they double-check their privacy settings every time they even think of posting an update. This will keep them out of hot water and will help the business to keep everything that should be private, private on the social media systems.
In conclusion, the only person who can effectively manage his or her own social media privacy is the person who is interested in that privacy in the first place. This means that the person who owns the profile needs to make sure that profile stays private. In the case of a business, the person who is designated to run the social media program must make sure that they keep all the settings set to default to total privacy. They must also keep their "fingers on the pulse" of the social media systems because they are prone to changing the rules at any moment and the method to keep social media privacy may change at any moment. Therefore, a person should always keep an eye on their settings and make sure they have the privacy they want and need.
Scott Buendia consults for Bizbuilt.com. All the views and tactics in this article are tactics and ideas of the author; they do not necessarily represent the ideals, beliefs, or trademarks of Bizbuilt.com. Visit his card on Bizbuilt here, https://www.bizbuilt.com/socialmediaprivacy.
