When I searched my name, nothing of interest came up at first. I keep my social media accounts private, so I understand why it happened that way. After adding Villa Maria College to my search, more relevant results came up including a link to the Villa Vibe, a review of the Honors Convocation and the UB Spectrum article that was done on the Vibe. I believe the part of the book that states inactivity is just as bad as inappropriate activity. If there’s no activity for a potential employer to go off of, they can easily assume the worst. They have no idea of who they’re hiring if they can’t see how you act online when you’re not in the presence of an interviewer.
The content I share on all of my social media is very representative of who I am and what my interests are. I post on certain social media sites more often than others, but I’m not overly active on any of them. On Twitter and Tumblr, my posts deal with things I like. More often than not, they have to do with celebrities and pop culture as well as the occasional article on politics. On Instagram, I post more about what I do which is reflective of my life as well. My Tumblr has posts pertaining to things I’ve learned in school, but I’d like to add more to my Wix site and link to them in the future.
I have a website set up on Wordpress, but I have more content posted on my Wix site so far. After using both, I think I’m more fond of Wix, but I want to mess around with Wordpress a little bit more before I decide that.
I have public platforms on Twitter and Snapchat, but my Facebook and Instagram accounts remain private. I’d personally be more inclined to create a public Instagram/Facebook rather than open up my private ones to the public. I have a YouTube account where I subscribe to my favorite creators, but if I have a video to upload, I’m more likely to upload it directly to Tumblr since that’s what best suits my needs right now. I’ve tried creating a uniform handle for myself across my platforms, but I can’t snag the Instagram name that matches my Tumblr and Twitter name as somebody else beat me to it.
I’m still working on creating uniform bios, but I’d like to work off the one I have on my Tumblr account.
I think having a consistent brand across social media makes things easier for both the blogger and the audience. I try to keep all my profiles very clean, neat and simplistic as well as keeping them monotone. I’m currently in the process of learning how to change my Tumblr theme so that photos show up in black and white, but that’s done in the coding, so it’s a learning process that’s well underway.
I like the idea of the 80/20 rule. I try to maintain my Twitter and Tumblr profiles according to that balance, but might sometimes post a little too much about my personal interests. That being said, I think a lot of my personal interests are also professional in one sense or another. Most of what I reblog or retweet has to do with journalism, but there’s a personal aspect to it since I’m a fan of the people I post about in my personal life. I also like the idea of the rule of thirds for social media. I try not to clutter my blog or timeline with content that is either entirely my own or entirely someone else’s, so I’d guess that I’m pretty close to adhering to that rule as well. I’d be interested in adding my commentary to posts to provide context, but right now I’m focusing on hobbies and interests to populate my social media presence.
I have a few posts on my blog that have to do with my beat. Initially, I had picked film and through that, I found a movie that had to do with catfishing which I thought was interesting. Finding stories online has made me more knowledgeable about the topic. There’s so much more to the world of catfishing than I ever thought and it’s so much more widespread than I imagined going into this assignment.
