Things you should not post on social media

I was browsing instagram the other day and saw a house that I pass by quite often. I made the picture bigger and I was like hmmmm. After my nosy ass did some digging it was the house that I pass by in a nearby county. I now know where the person lives. If I can find out where you live…so can someone else. Luckily I’m not a stalker or anything but if I was I would know exactly where you live at. Social media has taken over our lives and folks aren’t being aware of what they are putting up. Here are some things you should not post on social media.

Things you should not post on social media

Your house 

This should be a given but let me go deeper. Don’t take a pic in front of your house at all if you can avoid it. Definitely make sure that the number isn’t showing you don’t know who is on Instagram and scrolling through your social media statuses trying to find out where you be. I would also be careful about how you post the insides of your house. If I wanted to rob you I know where your front door leads at and how to get up your stairs.

Your kid’s school hashtag

My kid’s school said on the first day of school tag us in your photos…chile bye. I will not. That’s a really good way for somebody to find out where your kids go to school and my gawd don’t let them know your name and their names. They can just pop up at the school.

Their name

My kids go by Dman and Zaza. Not their real name. Hell Kita isn’t my real name. Y’all crazy if you think you gonna know everything about us.

Politics and Religion

Folks argue too much over the above. I ain’t democrat or republican I am whoever got some good ideas and do what they say they are going to do without being racist as hell. Religion…look I don’t care who you worship but we worship God around here point blank period.

All you all the time

Look I get it. You want to sell your stuff. You want people to know who you are. Sometimes I am guilty of wanting people to know I’m a widow but I am much more than that. Talk about others within your industry. As a photographer, I am always sharing other photographers that I love. On Saturday mornings I do a 5 person shout out on my instastories of people that I just love from that week. It’s not all about you and giving others the plugs helps people to know you aren’t selfish.

Negative stuff

I don’t watch the news but once every 2 weeks. I am not a fan of so much sad news all the time. I try to make sure I follow accounts that are positive and uplifting. No one wants to see all the negative stuff all the time. Also, be careful how you talk about clients. If you own a business I know it’s easy to rant to others about such and such but keep it to yourself or among your close friends. Do not talk about clients or PR people in these social streets…trust me you don’t want none.

Boring content

Hey guys I am here today to tell you about this outfit I bought….boring. Spice things up. Wendy’s does a great job of this on their Twitter account.  Hire someone to be funny for you to insert some life into your posts. Make people remember you by standing out. If you have boring copy then people won’t buy anything you are selling because they will be asleep.

DM people you don’t know

Ommmm so yeah. If you have never liked a post or commented on anything on my page please don’t come into my DM. I will block and delete you. Conversate with me first then sell. Also, I have to teach my kids to not DM people asking for stuff. My son has an Instagram account we went over safety issues but I never mentioned not to DM one of his lil rapper people to ask them where they got their chain from.

Stuff that your friend should share

If I tell my friend that I am pregnant (I’m not) I don’t need her to blast on my posts congrats Kita or make snide comments that make people think I’m pregnant. I want to announce that myself. This goes for a new job, housing stuff, engagement, or any big news. Don’t share before they share. Even with photos, I try to make sure I wait until my clients share the photo I took first before I share because I know which one they liked the best and will reshare that one

Where you are at that exact time

I went to the backstreet boys concert and I didn’t post anything until I left the concert. I do that with everything I do. Stop telling people where you are while you are there. There are crazy people still left out here you know.

Screenshots of personal conversations

I know people like to make memes of it but it’s still not cool. Keep that between yourself and your close friends if you must. I don’t screenshot conversations unless I gotta remind that person of what they said. That’s childish to do that and I hate a you say I say person. What I tell you should be kept private.

Fights

I don’t care who you don’t like but I don’t want to see 2 grown people thugging it out on the keyboard. It’s not cute. Take it to the private messages or email. People don’t need to see two people arguing via social media. I hate that. Its a bad look and if you have a business makes you look unstable. I don’t even care if it’s under someone else message as a reply. If you don’t like what someone says keep scrolling.

Tabs of open things

The other day I was doing an Instagram story and someone saw my job on the tab and quickly came into my email box asking if my job was hiring. They must have googled it because it’s not a known company. I will never do that again. Watch what you post on stories because people pay attention to every detail.

What are some things you shouldn’t post on social media?