The article,
How to Behave Professionally on Social Media, hits every nail on the head despite how much I loathe the idea that we have to abandon our public profiles to protect our professional reputations.
I have been unemployed for about a year, and I wasn't actively looking for work until now. I realized my public Twitter account might have tarnished my reputation over the last several months because I didn't use an alias. The only "bad" things I did were swearing at obnoxious things I found on Twitter, making political statements, and jumping into controversial discussions. No inappropriate pictures of me were posted there. However, I was only being comical, and most of my tweets should be taken with grain of salts. I also retweet others' tweets which deemed controversial or inappropriate but funny. Some people would take it the wrong way as if I endorse them.
Oh how I hate the world much more now. I quitted Facebook a year ago, and now I have to quit Twitter. This is pushing me further back in insolation again, which isn't naturally healthy. How can professional people live with themselves if they can't be themselves but their professional alter egos on a daily basis? No one likes to text, have time to meet in persons, or make phone calls today. People find it more convenience to make mass distribution of their current statuses and expect their friends to know what's going on with them. No wonder we have more mental health issues nowadays.
I apologize about the rants, but I just wonder how do you guys cope with your social needs in our professional world, especially the younger folks in my generation?
