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So, even though I'm into my mid-20s, one of the biggest things that's making me feel like an adult (not, you know, having children or bills or a real job or whatever), is that I really feel like I need to clean up my social media image.
I'm not going around posting trashy pictures or ridiculous selfies or LET'S GET DRUNK statuses, but there's definitely material, particularly older material, that might be damaging to my professional image if certain people (like my boss) wanted to search through my pictures back to 2007...or 2011. I'm talking about things like probably unflattering photos of me with a drink in my hand and a caption like "crazy night" or some awkwardly flirtatious/inuendo post from my ex boyfriend on my 2009 timeline. Or comments by me in which my use of profanities were not carefully monitored.
I've obviously been more conscious of this since for the past 4 years or so, and everything questionable in that sense is at least that old. There's also a lot of political opinion articles and well, opinions, I've shared. And many sarcastic statuses that are supposed to be a joke but most people might not "get" AKA "I'm only wearing crop tops with big cat pictures on them this summer"
So....how concerned should I be if I "friend" my boss, or a constituent, or potential donor, or big name politician who I may want to hire me in the future? What do you consider "inappropriate" for a professional adult's personal FB page? Do you follow any "rules" regarding what you post - like no pictures of you in a swimsuit or at home in PJs, no swearing, no religious posts, or any others?
I'm not going around posting trashy pictures or ridiculous selfies or LET'S GET DRUNK statuses, but there's definitely material, particularly older material, that might be damaging to my professional image if certain people (like my boss) wanted to search through my pictures back to 2007...or 2011. I'm talking about things like probably unflattering photos of me with a drink in my hand and a caption like "crazy night" or some awkwardly flirtatious/inuendo post from my ex boyfriend on my 2009 timeline. Or comments by me in which my use of profanities were not carefully monitored.
I've obviously been more conscious of this since for the past 4 years or so, and everything questionable in that sense is at least that old. There's also a lot of political opinion articles and well, opinions, I've shared. And many sarcastic statuses that are supposed to be a joke but most people might not "get" AKA "I'm only wearing crop tops with big cat pictures on them this summer"
So....how concerned should I be if I "friend" my boss, or a constituent, or potential donor, or big name politician who I may want to hire me in the future? What do you consider "inappropriate" for a professional adult's personal FB page? Do you follow any "rules" regarding what you post - like no pictures of you in a swimsuit or at home in PJs, no swearing, no religious posts, or any others?