By - Alao Abiodun

Social Networking sites are like an addiction. We share so many details of our daily lives online, but we always seem to forget to be mindful of what we share about ourselves, our families, and our friends. There are some personal information that it is best not to share online.

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, and Instagram are just some of the top networking sites that connect people around the world.

Sometimes we become too excited to share our thoughts, feelings, and important events. It has become a habit for us to share details about our daily lives.

The Internet is public, remember that! Once it is out into the Internet, it is out of your control and potentially can be used against you in the future.

Hence, be careful with what you share on social media because you never know when something could come back and haunt your life.

Here are 8 things that must be avoided:

* Unconfirmed news or Fake News – Imagine the trauma you can cause if the information is not verified. When the term “fake news” comes up, it is synonymous with creating or causing confusion which can lead to problems.

* Screenshots of personal conversations – The word itself says “private” If you do so, you might get good numbers of appreciations (Likes) for once. However, no one will value you, or would rather not share anything personal with you as they will have the feeling that you might share that conversation too.

* Your Home Address – Just avoid sharing your home address and personal phone number, unless your social profile is a very narrow one with few trustworthy people. If your profile is exactly the opposite and contains unknown people, refrain putting this at any cost. Don’t post where you live as you are making things easy for the bad guys. There’s a lot a criminal can do using just your address.

* Personal Phone Number(s) – While you may want your friends to be able to contact you, your real phone number can fall into the wrong hands through a social networking site.

* Your Financial Status – Whether you are a millionaire or middle class, don’t share your financial status with your online friends to avoid any negative exposure that might cause criminals to start haunting you.

* Explicit content – Never share such content even when you are out of your mind. The internet is huge, and things get heated up pretty quickly. The content shared on the internet never gets deleted. You might remove it from your social profile but however, you don’t know how many sites would have already captured and preserved it. Protect your online reputation

* Current Location – Many people don’t realize that when they post a status update or a tweet, they may also be revealing their current location through geo-tagging. Giving out your location information can be risky because it tells potential thieves that you are not at home.

* Anything you don’t want to be online FOREVER

When you put something on social media, you have to assume it’s out there permanently. In the age of screenshots, there is no ‘taking it back’, even if you’ve made a big mistake. Before you post anything remotely personal or sensitive, ask yourself, “Do I want this to be online forever?” If the answer is no, don’t hit the ‘post’ button!

Before you post anything remotely personal or sensitive, ask yourself, “Do I want this to be online forever?” If the answer is no, don’t hit the ‘post’ button!

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/things-avoid-posting-social-media/

Good you were able to outline the Eight things las las. Thank you.

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I post what ever the fuck_ I like, it's my cyber space

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To me.. Anything can be posted on social media.. So far is not lies.... You can be in danger and quickly open your life video broadcast just to get evidences... Many more...


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Good piece

i dont even have a social media account at all

I agree with almost all..... But how would they use my telephone number...........

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But Davido posted this for admirers and haters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpITCjfHVPI

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Socal media na people home and life now oo

Some people are living in the internet. The internet is their family, school, pastor, parents and job

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Everything u write there na nonsense

The topic makes sense

Truth

I don't find this useful.common sense should should tell any individual what to do with their social life which are what you just listed.

Give us something new, we know all these

Never share your Cuccumber photos. Never!

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People of today don't just leak information about themselves to the digital void, they SHOUT it.

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