Think Before You Post

1. Don't post anything that would embarrass you later. 

“It's easy to think that only our friends are looking at our Myspace page, but the truth is that everyone can see it. Think twice before posting a photo or information you wouldn't want your parents, potential employers, colleges or boss to see” (myspace.com). 

Your profile is a representation of yourself. Your page is how the world “sees” you. If a potential employer, parent, friend or family wanted to know something about you, they might go to your profile page to get the information. Therefore,avoid posting any embarssing or troublesome photos or comments.

2. Don't forget that your profile and MySpace forums are public spaces.

“Don't post anything you would not want the world to know (e.g., your phone number, address, IM screen name, or specific whereabouts). Avoid posting such information as where you hang out every day or a picture of you in front of your office or school” (myspace.com).

The internet and all of its information is accessible from anywhere. It is important that you keep personal, financial or private things private so no other user can use that information to harm you.

3. Think before you post. 

“What's uploaded to the net can be downloaded by anyone and passed around or posted online pretty much forever. You shouldn't post photos or info you wouldn't want adults to see or people to know about you” (myspace.com)

Any photo you post can be saved to another persons computer and uploaded to other sites. Even if you chose to later delete a possible embarrassing photo it can be accessed with specific investigative software. A photos data never goes away and can be accessed forever.