Social Media Etiquette
Facebook Do’s and Don’ts
- Ensure you set your privacy settings to maximum secuity
- Do use Facebook to connect with friends and relatives at home and overseas
- Do use Facebook as means to open communication with long lost friends and/or aquaintances
- Share information that is humorous, informative, inspiring and inclusive
- Never use Facebook as a means of cyber bullying
- always keep private information off Facebook including sensitive news such as a death in the family or a break up. Tell those concerned personally
- Do not accept friend requests from people you don’t know
- Do not post controversial opinions
- Do not comment rudely on others’ status updates
- Do not post images or content that you wouldn’t be comfortable showing in a room full of strangers in real life
- Avoid posting selfies in an attempt to gain the approval of others. Excessive posting of selfies is indicative of insecurity
- Avoid posting incriminating images or content of any kind
- Avoid using Facebook as a soapbox from which to vent religious or political views or to insight racism or conflict.
