Comments on: Watch What You Blog, Post and Tweet Online

By: Meryl

Meryl — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:12:48 +0000

Jane, it’s helpful your family reads your blog. Of course, not everyone has family members into social networking or they don’t have the time. But if my mom found some of my how to videos without any help — anyone’s family member or boss can, too.

By: Jane Koenen Bretl

Jane Koenen Bretl — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:11:36 +0000

I love this post — it is so true and such a good reminder. As the rants and disclosures and sordid details of others go floating by on the screen, it can be too easy to be lulled into a false sense of “normalness” of that behavior. I am lucky that my mom, dad AND son read my blog regularly, so I always have that filter on!
.-= Jane Koenen Bretl’s blog …on the shores of Michipie =-.

By: Meryl

Meryl — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:56:54 +0000

Karen, thank you! Yes, most of us feel braver behind the screen than we do in person. So we need to remember the people we’re talking to and picture them.

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:00:33 +0000

Meryl, this post should be taped to our computers. We all have occasional slips but I am sometimes shocked by what people will say in public…and online is not only public but permanent. When you blog, tweet, facebook and even email you should assume that it can be seen by the world. In many ways we have gotten way too comfortable online treating the monitor like an invisible force field!
.-= Karen Swim’s blog …Reinvention 2.0 – My Story =-.

By: Ching Ya

Ching Ya — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:52:10 +0000

That’s true. I wouldn’t feel comfortable voicing opinions that may cause controversy unless I’m sure they really able to catch my meaning. Sometimes we just have to be careful to avoid unwanted misunderstandings.
.-= Ching Ya’s blog …How Seriously Do You Take Blog Comments? =-.

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By: Meryl

Meryl — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:24:28 +0000

Just came across CNN’s How Social Media Can Hurt Your Career:
http://bit.ly/Vzlzx

By: Meryl

Meryl — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:25:41 +0000

Ching Ya and George, After I made this post — I participated in an online chat. I was not comfortable publicly posting my thoughts for one of the questions. I sat on it a few minutes and then let it go. I’m glad I did.

I try to represent my personality as an honest, conscientious, friendly and fair person. I wouldn’t want someone who has never met me to read something like what I was thinking before they get to know me.

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:33:49 +0000

Hi Meryl,

Well, it may seem obvious that watching what you say is common sense, but no one has put it together quite as eloquently as you did here.

I think that if you just try to remain positive in what you post, and keep away from posting about your drunken night out rantings you’ll be fine.

The internet is not REALLY anonymous…

George
.-= Tumblemoose’s blog …The Concentrated Writer =-.

By: Ching Ya

Ching Ya — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:04:22 +0000

With the convenience of social media nowadays, it’s so easy to get carried away and post whatever thoughts we have for that exact moment. Only then regretted that we did. I agree on the ‘do the Mom / child / employer check’ — always think about the effects of your action before it’s too late.

Even we plan to share something for unable to hold it longer, there’s always a ‘private’ messaging option. However, be sure you send the message to the right person instead of ‘bulk recipients’! =P Bottom line, always be careful!

Good advise, Meryl!
.-= Ching Ya’s blog …How Seriously Do You Take Blog Comments? =-.