This article on Mashable spotlighted two videos about social media: “You are what you share” and “Everything You Wish You Could Say to Your Facebook Friends“. I couldn’t agree more with the article title “No One Cares About Your Social Media Posts”, with the exception that it only matters if it’s actually important. “You are what you share” basically summarizes a majority of people’s habits of posting on social media and people’s reactions to those posts. I noticed in the video it only highlights the social media posts that tend to seem generic and nothing really extraordinary or significant. Majority of people who are active on social media might see these kinds of posts daily so they can relate to the comments and reactions in the video. However, the video excludes social media posts that are significant, controversial, extraordinary, and outrageous. If the video included those kinds of social media posts, then I think people would actually care because we don’t always see things that shock, surprise, or amaze us. Often times, some people don’t realize who’s on the other end looking at their posts.

People always tell each other to be careful of what they post on social media because it can find a way to haunt us or get us into trouble, but when should people start caring or paying attention to what’s posted on social media platforms? How do we determine if we’ve crossed the line of posting something inappropriate for social media? Do we determine this based on how it will affect us or someone else personally/professionally? How seriously should we even take social media? How mindful/careful should we be about what we post?