The Power of One Click!

Have you ever posted something and deleted it afterwards? Have you tweeted something and regretted posting it? Have you accepted something that brought trouble on to you? Have you ever experienced opening a link and it turned out to be a spam? This reminds us of one simple rule in using the internet, THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK!

Social Media has been a big factor in our lives, especially for us youth. It brought a really huge impact in our everyday living. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Youtube are the most visited social networking sites nowadays. People enjoy sharing, posting, tweeting, surfing the net and also watching videos. We enjoy a lot and sometimes we forgot about the things which are more important, and we tend to forget to think and ask if what we're doing would help and benefit or would hurt other people. That's the power of Social Media.

Three most used social networking sites:

  

•  FACEBOOK - The #1 Social Networking Site. Posting and sharing statuses, pictures & videos, checking-in your location are the things people always do in this site. A lot of people have their own Facebook accounts. This means that a lot of people will see what you have posted or shared. Even if you have your own account, everything you do there will be public property. 

What if what you have posted offended somebody even if it is not for him. What if you accepted a friend request of someone you don't even now, turns out to be a hacker. What if you posted a picture of yourself and tell where you are, someone might follow or stalk you. You don't know what might happen just because of what you have posted and shared online. THINK BEFORE YOU POST!

• TWITTER - Most people even celebrities have their own twitter accounts. They use this to update people how are they, what they're doing, where are they now, or even how they feel. This site is where a lot of people comments, criticize and give an opinion on a certain topic. And sometimes this is where bashers raise their side so that a lot of people would know. 

With what you tweet a lot of people might agree with what you said but there will always be people who would disagree. And those who disagree might say bad things and criticize you, you'll feel sad and this might lead you depression. And also, be careful who are you following and who follows you. You'll never know what if the person accepted his follower request uses your tweets as your information source. And this might lead you to trouble. That's why, THINK BEFORE YOU TWEET!

• INSTAGRAM - this is an online photo-sharing and video-sharing social networking site. People loves to take photos and videos. Sometimes we take vain pictures, take photos of where we are and what we're doing. And this is also a form of information source. Be careful what you post!

Never ever post a picture of your receipts and cards! This may cause you trouble and sometimes you may offend other people. Sometimes even though you're just posting for others, it's like you very boastful of what you have. And there are times that this might cause you your safety. Because these are photos, they may seem plain to others, but you can identify location there. That's why, THINK BEFORE YOU PIC!

Everything you do in  social networking sites would affect how people look at you, what they would think your personality is, how people will treat you and respect you. What you say, what you post, what you do, what you take a picture of or post a video about will always affect people. Because in that world, it's like you're letting the world now about you. Everything is publicized, unless you're careful enough to keep your privacy on. That is what you call Social Media Responsibility. 

Social Media Responsibility is all our responsibility. You are in this as long as you have a social media page online. As long as you post, tweet or Instagram anything, THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK.

Be responsible of what you do online! Think not once, but thrice before posting something. THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK!