Are you a social media over sharer?

Of all the opinions and advises given, published and posted on social media on Tiwa Savage and her husband Teebillz's marital issues, we found this Genevieve magazine publication must appropriate, educating and helpful. We hope you do too.

Are you a social media over sharer?

Have you ever notice that celebrities and ordinary people alike often use social media to send cryptic messages, indirects and sometimes even direct messages targeted at a certain individual, media 
outlets, an ex-partner or spouse. Some go as far as to air out their dirty laundry on public forums like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. But here’s the problem, we are now in an age where once you publish information to the online-sphere it can’t be retracted and it will forever haunt your generations till kingdom comes.

In light of the recent Tiwa Savage and husband, TeeBillz (Tunji Balogun) social media scandal we’ve realised that at times we all share a little bit too much information on social media which can often cause the breakdown of relationships, loss of job, unwanted admires and if you’re a public figure unsolicited advice from industry colleagues, the press and the public.

Are you guilty of over-sharing on social media, are you one to throw jabs or air out your dirty laundry? If so you may want to rethink your social media habits. Below we’ve listed 5 ways over-sharing on social mediums can cost you.

JEOPARDISE YOUR CURRENT OR FUTURE JOB

Never use social media to vent about your employer. Many employers admit to not giving interviews to qualified applicants after reading negative content involving them online. And in some cases employers has terminated the contract of employees on the spot after catching wind of negative comments they’ve published on their personal social media page.

SOMETHINGS SHOULD REMAIN PRIVATE

We shouldn’t know whether you’ve fallen out with a family member thats private! If you have an issue with someone it’s always better to address them head on rather than divulge and narrate your issues to your x amount of followers. Actions like this usually lead to a nasty fall out; be it an online war of words or a psychical altercation. All can be avoided and resolved if you keep your private affairs off social media. If you have to result to social media to contact the individual, try sending them a private message instead.

STOP SHARING YOUR RELATIONSHIP STATUS

Lets be honest, these days everyone on the net loves to *sip tea* by that we mean we all live for a bit of drama as long as it’s not involving us we all sit front row and watch it all unfold. So if you are constantly updating your Facebook relationship status from in a relationship, to single to complicated or quoting sad song lyrics, don’t be surprised if your friends and family start questioning and getting involved in your relationship. How can you expect them not to if you’re constantly posting daily status updates about how he’s or she’s no good and done horrible things to you? This will surely cost you your relationship.

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