Website

I wanted my website to be used as a tool to help me attract and connect with people throughout the communications field. I want my websites content to drive professionals in the field to want to meet in person. My goal is to effectively give the viewer the information they need to prove I qualify for the position they need to be occupied.

 

I never considered how difficult it is to make a website. I had taken note to fun tweaks on several popular websites had to set them apart from others. I noted on styles of fonts and the format of viewing images, that I could use to make my viewers feel comfortable while on my website. It wasn’t until after I had started that I discovered coding was the main cause of difficulty in creating a site. Organizing the content was straight forward; my professor set us up making sure all of our projects where saved in the proper PDF format. After reviewing the content once more to make sure no grammatical errors were made, I simply inserted them onto the page appropriate. Graph images from Photoshop were saved in JPEG; so that inserting was a painless click of a button.  Dreamweaver; edits files from the application then uploads them using the web, so the site wasn’t hard to use. Dreamweaver had templates that we used as main look of the website. The specifics in design had to be figured out through changing of coding which was time consuming and frustrating. First we had to find appropriate coding to the setting that wanted. I was forced to pay attention to detail; any mistake in the coding will show in the visual of the website.  The timing we were given would not allow for an in-depth lesson to develop the look of the website, so I made sure my one visual made the look of the website was meaningful! . I wanted the main graphic to be a collage of images; through the collage I wanted to display my personality. I’m using the visual at the top of each page to show them not only who I am as a graduate of Buffalo State College, but also as an individual. The index page will contain an introduction of me concentrating on my work ethic. The following pages: Portfolio, Resume and Contact will include just was their labels state. I didn’t want unnecessary clicking, so I made all content available to be seen on the page; rather than forcing another tab to be open.

Small icons from my functioning social sites will be located at the bottom of each page; once clicked on, the viewer will be directed to see my social media projects of that specific site. Since companies do like to see that you are able to use the social media sites for a constructive use, I made sure the icons were easily accessible on every page. My social media projects tie-into my website by displaying my ability to successfully write a piece of production. I’ve promoted organizations on Facebook from making events pages; a skill that could attract recruits in public relation companies.  Facebook is commonly used as a way to maintain interaction, so if that’s the best way for a specific organization to reach me; I want to make sure it’s available. Twitter is another social media site that organizing identify as a tool that can also be used to promotions Word of mouth is a great advantage of using twitter; I can use hastags, links, or simple tweets to drive revenue to the website. I have several tweets illustrating promotion via links to websites.

Overall I was happy with the turnout of my site; I feel like I achieved my goal of attracting viewers and keeping their interest throughout the website.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) How do you plan on self promoting yourself?
Networking, with people in every communication aspect. In person.

2) Name three goals you have between now and graduation.
1) internship 2)pass classes 3) manage money better

3) What employment goals do you have after graduation?  Name three of them. 1)Relocate down south 2)Establish a name for herself 3)Get a job in a PR firm

4) Name three best case scenario jobs you would like to have and why.
1) Being a PR agent for boyfriend (football player)-convenient and double salary 2) work for somebody who had similar morals and ethics 3)children media management

5) Do you prefer to work professionally with a group or on your own and why? On my own, my strong personality works best. But I don’t mind working with others.

6) What contributions can you make to a group dynamic?  Name three things. 1) Take charge 2) create a happy medium environment 3)

7) What contributions can you make working independently?  Name three things. 1) I can pace myself 2) instant feedback 3) less pressure

8) What are your pet peeves in a work environment?  Gossip, drama, rudeness, lazy partners

9) Name three things you feel passionate about professionally - this could be school related, current job related, group or organizationally related - and outline why you feel passionate towards them. 1) Commercials- effect a lot of the world 2) children networks- children are deprived 3) PR- the way the media portrays someone

10) How do you handle stress and pressure?
I have a journal and I reflect on my problems through writing

11) Name the last three jobs you had, and the best success and the worst failure you experienced at each of these jobs.
1) Working for UPSA Success- convenient failure-work for the cops (rude)
2) Say Yes (program funds kids pays for tuition, need to be a public school student) success- working teaching kids failure- exhausted
3) delta sonic success- hard work failure- too much work, too little pay  

12) How do you handle criticism? Take it into consideration the way you best see fit

13) Outline three strengths you have in school. 1) hard worker 2) always meet deadlines 3)motivated

14) Outline three strengths you have in your workplace.
1) willingness to go ouside the box 2) want to work 3) always positive

15) How has creating a WikiPage strengthened your communication skills?    Name and elaborate on three things: 1) pay attention to details 2)self-awareness/critiquing 3)learned coding

16) How will Facebook be used to promote yourself?
Name and elaborate on three things: I don’t use facebook. I could promote myself in person better than on a social site.

17) How would you promote an organization on Facebook?
Name and elaborate on three things: 1) events page 2) network 3) promote

(If you want to answer this question on Tuesday/Thursday, that is acceptable, since we will be well into our Twitter project by then)
18) How will Twitter be used to promote yourself? 
Name and elaborate on three things: 1) link it to my job 2) tweet to people 3) word of mouth

19) Graphically what do you want to have on your website.
Name and elaborate on three things: 1) school projects- scripts 2) personal information- resume 3)things that describe me- blogs, videos

Tweet Tweet

I first joined twitter in 2009; I only created an account to see what the hype was about, a couple college students at my job talked about it a lot. At the time Facebook was the top social site, so it took some time for me to get the fill for the tweeting concept. At first I didn’t like twitter; I felt that it didn’t have enough interaction between users. Comments couldn’t be placed under tweets as they could with Facebook; so it’s hard to see where the interactions were taken place.  Once my followers began to increase, the objective of the site became clear. My timeline had more diversity and I could see how users interact with other account holders by simply tweeting.

 My first followers where my close friends who had joined the site around the same time I had. Once word about twitter began to spread, it wasn’t long before more of my high school peers began to join the site, and I followed them. Students who hadn’t said one peep in classes began to fill my timeline full of babble, and it seemed as if this was the new way to connect with one another. Most followers were added just from me liking the content of their tweets. When the popularity of the site added celebrity interest, verified accounts allowed for followers to follow actual accounts from their favorite celebrities. Drake was my first celebrity follow, I enjoyed following music artist because it made them feel more human to me. Just as I was; the artist would tweet about their lives, making me feel more connected with them. Soon actresses and reality stars where filling my timeline with their tweets. During show episodes the stars’ would tweet their comments or feelings about the different scenes. My whole timeline will be full of discussions about episodes and it felt as if you were in a room watching the show with all of your followers. It wasn’t long before I was hooked; tweeting my every thought, socializing with anyone who tweeted something that sparked my interest. Trending topics helped with engaging my interactions as well. I can recall summer nights of where my whole twitter timeline would make tweets referring to trending topics; it was cool to be a part of topics being tweeted about all around the world.

By 2011 everything had a twitter; it made sense for more and more companies and organizations to market consumers via twitter since it had such a huge usage. Users can tweet via the Twitter website, applications (for smartphones or tablets), or by Short Message Service (SMS). Beyond socializing; connections can be made into productive working relations by seeing what people are interested in. For example:  a journalist might tweet about a specific topic for quick feedback from a diverse group of people. The reaction from twitter can be used for desired material for a project. Organizations can also use twitter as a tool to expand professional networks. Taking notice to @ messages directed to your company; the business will be able to see the status of your product and how it impacts who you are working with. If the discussion is interesting enough, a company might find someone they’d like to follow on Twitter… and eventually work with.

Twitter is unique within the social media category. Short tweets; Being but a collection of thoughts are limited to 140 characters and as a result communicating in a lenient field. Blogging remains mostly a main focus, the material is more comprehensive and the creators spend a generous amount of time building. Twitter is something used as a tool to support blogging, if a link gets tweeted consistently it can drive many visitors to a blog post. Both mediums influence a purpose to bring discussions among readers and its success is dependent on how fondly relations are made.

For three years my twitter usage increased dramatically. Downloading several twitter applications allowed me to send my every move to twitter at any time of the day. The immediacy of Twitter and the fact that it is a system that can spread word of a story, idea, question or news quickly worldwide to thousands of people very quickly makes it exclusive. Beyond socializing twitter is the fastest, simplest way to stay close to important news you care about. Today we’re far less dependent on newsletters, or new stations, because we hear about world updates all day via Twitter. For example: I hadn’t found out about the passing of Whitney Houston until someone had made a tweet on it, and it appeared on my timeline.  

Just as every other social network, twitter has its shortcomings. The enthusiasm from site can cause users to abuse the actual purpose of twitter. You can check Twitter updates from your phone and send updates from anywhere. This over usage conducts many people use Twitter as an escape from their own surroundings, paying more attention to twitter updates. Social skills began to be lost, as people feel they can only be heard via twitter. Privacy is absent with the new twitter era. Sure identities are often mixed up with rigid settings. Many people mistake the following a person as having an actual relationship with that person. Twitter has grown into to carefree venue; major topics have lost their importance due to the loose remarks directed towards severe topics. Where people become uncaring to human sorrow and, perhaps, even find interest watching train wrecks as they happen. The motive is that information is passed too quickly through the Twitter platform.

Twitter, a website for sharing what you are doing at any given moment with other people, and also to network online. All things considered, twitter is a powerful podium for both business and personal use.

Post-Production

Pre-Filming

It’s extremely difficult filming a video about your self, and even more difficult to collaborate the video with two other peers. Not only did all our films have to flow together, but also a portion of the film had to display the three of us collectively on-screen. Throughout my college career I have had several film projects, but none compared to this one. As with any group project, no members have the same availability, so we worked in class to decided what direction we wanted to go in. Provided the theme: politics, personally I had no clue what I could bring to the table. I soon discovered the feelings were mutual among my partners, after the first meeting.  I had come up with a central idea of what I thought politics consisted of: money, power and respect.

 Since a share of the film had to go towards a set group time, we wanted to get a gist of the visual path we were going to take. Since our individual projects could be done on our own time, we wanted to complete our group portion as soon as possible.

The next group meeting was nothing but confusing. I thought that we all had an understanding of the “money, power, and respect” idea, but Katie didn’t see how that related to politics. After spending over an hour trying to bring everyone on the same page, we decided misunderstandings’ are indeed part of politics; from this point the structure of the film was decided. The thought process existed from what we had been doing for the entire meeting, trying to explain what politics meant without really understanding ourselves. Our film would be about two students teaching another student what politics are. Still using money for my focus, and power for Matt, we would use abstract words relating to the topics and our personal video’s to demonstrate.

Our first filming gathering took place inside of a study room in the library. The room had a dry-erase marker which was perfect for the classroom environment we were looking for. Our first footage displayed Matt and I writing different words on the board pertaining to politics. Different color markers, fancy script, and symbols were used to make the writing seem not only fun, but also time consuming. The footage was going to be fast-forwarded, so what actually took 15minutes will be viewed in 2! Matt and I used this system for our individual topics, as well as Katie drawing a huge question mark; that would conclude the film. We shot footage of Katie inside the room looking confused; we would use this footage for cuts, to give the viewers the impression that we were real students trying to teach a lesson.

 Filming was stress-free, and didn’t take long at all. We each had an understanding of our roles, but we still helped each other by giving words for the board or critiquing acting.  We filmed all of our introduction, and crediting with-in this meeting. To keep the same setting we wrote our credits on the board just as we had done for the topic, and subtopic. We walked out of the library with our assignment a third completed, and feeling good!

For inspiration the class was encouraged to look at other students take on the project, but none of them helped with theme content. However the videos’ did show several effective ways I could convey a message visually.  What I took most from the films’ were the different scene shots; weird angles, focus’, and music where all elements that I would use to put the abstract into my film.

I wanted to show not only how I spent money, but how society perceives money as well. I did not want my subject matter to be obvious; I wanted the viewers to come up with their own conclusion of how money should be spent. I looked for friends for inspiration; they are always good at throwing ideas in my head. After an hour of discussion, we concluded our reasoning on why people spend money: to be relevant. I ran with this idea, and decided to base my portion of the film on what makes me relevant.

Before presenting what I spend my money on I want to show viewers where my money was coming from. Using my iPhone, I shot footage of me working, leaving work, and picking up my check. I was hesitant about putting my check on film but I wanted viewers to see how very little money was coming in. Next I wanted to show what I did with my money. Shoes, clothes, jewelry, car, phone bill, name brands, all superficial things that I spend my hard earned money buying. Since a lot of the materials were in my room I didnt have a hard time filming. What I did have a hard time with, trying different angels and techniques to make my film seem as cool as the examples my professor had provided. My iPhone only allowed me to do so much, holding a phone physically doesn’t give you lots of options. To make up for my lack on video equipment, I would use editing to exaggerate and make fancy.  The final shots were to be the ridiculous overpricing throughout our campus. I got hassled at the bookstore but I was not leaving until I got my final footage! I wanted to show how most necessities cost ridiculous prices, but we still buy them to be relevant.

 I thought the storm was over and it was smooth sailing after my footage was done; WRONG! At the start of our next class, we were told that the project had been pushed back a week. I thought this was great, seeing that I was the only person in my group who had their footage completed. When the week had finally come to start editing our footage, I was the only person who had it forage to work on. For two classes I alone had worked on editing my portion of the film. This project had been assignment a month ago and I was tired of it being dragged along. What upset me the most was instead of completing the topic there were complaints about the topic! Regardless it still needed to be completed, and I felt like I had been dragged along when it could have been done a class before it was actually due. The final class before it was due not only did we have to piece the whole project together, we found that the introduction and credits footage had been erased. Thankfully we were given another day to complete it, we had to re-shoot the classroom footage and finally piece it together. By the final editing you can tell were annoyed with each other, but the project was complete and that’s all I cared about.

The end result turned out great! You couldn’t tell the project was extensive and hectic in binding the production, but displayed was an visual narrative of how three college students trying to interpret politics. 

YouTube V Viemo

People enjoy watching videos; they add value to websites and blogs giving the viewer more to participate in.  Keeping the reader interested will keep their concentration on your message. With all charactesitcs involving web 2.0, it only makes sense that You-Tube and Vimeo are the top two video hosting sites.  Together the sites’ contain streaming software for browsers to find closely related material linked to their topic of interest. Social media has caused for both sites to be visited by millions daily, allowing universal interactions. Personally I have much experience with YouTube and none with Vimeo. I looked into some facts to decide which site would be best for posting my self-portrait video I produced for a class project.

YouTube

First off YouTube liked with Google; has an enormous search engine. This is useful when seeking for materials on a precise subject matter. With up to 1GB of data and an unlimited amount of HD uploads, mass amounts of videos’ are available for display. The huge amount of data has caused over 450 million visitors to the site a month, creating a huge community of viewers. The bigger the population, the bigger the exposure; posting videos’ on YouTube establishes more opportunity for your video to be visited. YouTube aware of their high exposer, and they take advantage by promoting all types of billboards.

YouTube being seen by the masses, come with unpleasant sacrifices.  Companies take advantage of the large audience that the site facilitates, flooding site with advertisements anyway that they can. Supporters of YouTube have said that they suffered behind steering through video clusters and overly injected ad placements.  YouTube also arranges “related and recommend” material that might take away from exposure to your video.

Vimeo

Under 17 million monthly consumers worldwide, Vimeo is less recognized than YouTube, and has less circulation. Vimeo is more of a branding hosting site, ensuring the company they can expose their principals anyway they see fit. The investments of companies are at stake, so the qualities of the videos’ are higher than those on YouTube. In efforts to lesson traffic on the site, limitations of 1 HD upload a week are applied. Seen as a flaw compared to YouTube, the community is undersize. Small communities tend to keeping visitors on the page, because there is less to distract the user from the material they are viewing. Vimeo does have a cost that companies, but the site attributes No-player ads to compensate for the fee. The removals of the ads give the videos a more skilled looks; allowing you to implant your emblem and stamp it onto the player itself.

When choosing the top site to host your videos, take into account if your goal for the viewer is to observe or take action. Where YouTube has more powers is in its popularity and status, so you could expect more views. Vimeo is a more professional and seen on a high podium so you could expect more engagement from your consumers.  

Blog about a Blog

Mathew

As I figured, MySpace was a center of the world at one point in time. I experienced my first usage earlier that Matt, but it seems he is currently just as active as I am. AOL and AIM started the social aspect for my generation, and although I didn’t have expectance with these two sites I know plenty who have. MySpace however, I believe every one of the generation has the same experience. Being the first social site to really take off it became an addiction to mostly everyone in the era. As Matt agreed, the ability to change the profile to match personalities was amazement to all MySpace users. Youngsters use the social sites to say the things they would normally say, although we have found that isn’t such a good thing it was a break-through while it was happening. The transfer from MySpace to Facebook brought about the same interactions as MySpace. Facebook costing a friendship is pretty accurate in the price to pay from drastic assumptions made on social sites. This has caused those who may have started off using MySpace, to no longer participate in social sites. Nonetheless social site usages are at an all-time high.

Matts analysis of the videos where so opinionated, it was a disappointment that the links weren’t merged in the post. From his used tough criticism from reviewing the first video “B/W,” the reader really understands that he doesn’t approve of the video. It’s beneficial to the reader that Matt describe the details of the video that he didn’t like, since the actual film isn’t available. Matt was sure to do this for each movie critique, giving examples of the features he didn’t like throughout the video. The second movie evaluation focused on the scene shots. I like how matt gave a sequenced study of the film, giving examples of what worked and what didn’t. The feelings towards these two videos were very strong. I think in some cases to not offend readers of different likings, a writer should be delicate in stating opinions. The last of the video critique, Matt seemed to enjoy the most. Matt showed his appreciation by expressing his views that were similar to the theme of the movie. I think this made his critique seem more sincere. Had Matt supported his earlier critiques with more suggestions of improvements, the post would have been more courteous.

Being a social media user, Matt’s “ The good and the bad of Social Media” was an enjoyable read. I noted there were similar views on positives and negatives of the topic of social media. He starts off with the term “intercultural communication”, which is a great way to define social media today. The blending of all words is a positive subject in its self; it supports the fact that communication is alive and growing. Matt calls this “expanding discovery”, which is exactly what social network is doing, increasing focuses on a diverse field of topics. Matt brings the negative fact of privacy loss , which is common when discussing social networks. Not only are privacy settings not secure on most social sites, users maybe unconscious of the information they are making available on social network posts. Matt brings up details that most social site users aren’t aware of; sites selling user information to researchers being one of them. The conclusion of the blog was great, bringing awareness to active social site users. He warns users that although social media comes with glitches, its up to the consumer determine usage appropriate to the lifestyle hey wish to obtain.

Matt’s writing style is very formal. Most of his sentences where fact based that could be necessary for the topic being discussed, but is dull. He expressed the topic very well using great detail to explain his objective of the topic. Matt was sure to explain in depth the definition of 2.0, going as far as comparing and contrasting the past and present eras. Evaluating the topic this way helped the reader establish associations with their personal timeline, recalling chapters of their experience in of the 2.0 periods. He also gives readers a chance to look at the new web in a selling aspect. Readers being consumers love to be educated on the new marketing schemes. Clarifying how businesses use social media, as a way to “connect to their public” is awareness that the reader is sure to be interested in. Personal views on the topic were, left out, which was kind of disappointing. Knowing how a person sees a specific topic usually determines if you have similar or different ethics as they do. Especially in blog posts, the reader would like to have the personal connection so they can have a constant relationship with them, even if it’s only via web. Overall very informational and nice read!

 

 

 

Katie

A lot of the users of Internet in the 90’s vividly remember the dial-up connections. Katie recalls her mother kicking her off of dial-up so that she can use the phone line, I having this same memory. I’m remembering the squeaking sounds of the connection being completed in my ears as we speak. Chat rooms were very popular at this time, especially group chats. Towards the beginning of the millennium lots of young kids shied away from house phone usage, and turned to chat rooms for what they may have thought was more privacy. Katie talks about her mom’s views on social media, which is a nice comparison to our generation. Some mom’s in our generation are not on social sites, but with the increase of popularity their usage has also increased. The only difference I noticed in opinion manner was the appreciation of growing up in the heart of the technology era. I find that the Internet causes people to become lazy. A lot of current Internet users are too comfortable with other people finding out information for them; as sad as it is I am one of them. I would like to have had the chance to experience things without having the comfort of the information being at my fingertips. I thought is post was great in style and entertaining in context.

Just looking at the posts I love the format. The post was broken up into categories so that the reader can visually know what is going to be disused in each section. When describing what the new form of web actually is, she uses examples instead of dictionary terms. Examples quickly allowed me to relate with the topic that was being labeled. I also noted that after Katie listed several topic points earlier in the blog posts and explained it in more detail. This kept the post flowing, keeping me interested and informed. The fact that web 2.0 has more user interactive sites is something that should have been stressed more throughout the blog. It seems the concept of interaction was integrated when the comparison from social media to web 2.0 was made, but it should have been stressed more separately. I do agree with a lot of the information given but it did get a little boring with the incorporation of the text from the websites she researched. Overall I feel the post was informational and a great read for anyone looking for information about the topic.

Katie incorporated the video links into her post allowing for the reader to quickly convey their attention from the text to the film. Katie organized the blog in a descending order, having the video she perceived as the best being first. This structure is essential, giving the reader a full understanding of the expectations for the quality of work. Providing links also give the reader supported evidence to the point Katie is making.  Readers look for blogs to not only be informational but personal.  With this in mind, it was great for Katie to add character to the blog, taking pictures that relating to her analysis. As far as the context goes, Katie used descriptive language for the reader to conceive on their own opinions from. The added images were also great; due to the fact it displayed her main points in the passages’. A reader can refresh their memory from just reading the handwritten words, rather than re-reading the whole passage. Overall the structure Katie provided for this blog was well-defined, making this post a good read!

Katie starts off with fun headings grabbing the attention of the reader, allowing them the notion that the post will be an amusing read. Proving this point to the true, Katie adds humor in the last sentence of the introduction completely attaching the reader to stay tuned in. Personal experiences where are used after negative points, which were enjoyable to read. It can’t be stressed enough how personalizing the post permits not only more readers, but a more grasp on the argument being made. Having had the reader’s attention for an extended period, Katie incorporates more serious obstacles concerning the topic. Katie is sure to only deliver the facts, but leave the reader to come up with their own personal judgment of the scenario. The post starts off in separated sections of text from the main points of the passages, but does not end that way. There was not separation from the negative to the positive, and the inconsistence could have thrown off the reader of the passage. The intensity of the positive could have been boosted, had a personal example been added.  The entire passage was effective in stating Katie’s pros and cons of social networking, while succeeding to inform the viewer on the topic.

That darn Book!

The summer after my high school graduation, I tried to prepare myself for the college environment. All throughout high school, MySpace was the social site everyone used. It wasn’t until a friend of mine who had already been in college for a year had introduced me to Facebook, saying it was a more “Mature” social site. Summer of 2009, I made an account along with my close friends who were also going off to college in the fall. Being so used to the layout of MySpace we hate the fact that profiles couldn’t be personalized with songs or colorful backgrounds. Having very little friends the site became boring, so I rarely used it. It wasn’t until after my first semester in college my usage started to increase. Having the campus as our common ground, my friend list quickly spread in little in 3 months. From that point on I used Facebook to express feelings, share pictures and keep up with my high school peers who attended different schools then me. Socialization is the number one usage of Facebook. It allows you to connect with anyone around the world, no matter the time, place or date! Soon enough Facebook would add more features to the site keeping me addicted. Facebook sponsored games through Zunga (being the best edition) like as family feud, words with friends, and mafia wars. Being connected through Facebook, players were allowed you to play against your friends and collect coins for their winnings. The coins are then placed on their profile pages so everyone can see their ranking, competing being the reason more and more Facebook users took advantage to the gaming systems. The growing popularity of Facebook also put an increase in companies being represented on the site. A range of services from events to coupons can be accessed through a company Facebook page.

I started to shy away from Facebook when I realized the privacy settings weren’t as secure as I thought they would be. I had set my page to private since I first opened an account, but just like anything else on the internet; nothing is private! Public v Private on Facebook only pertains to users on the site. If you’re public any user and can view your profile, picture, friend listings and contact information. Private pages limit unlimited access by requiring the users to “approve friend request” in-order to access any information on their profile. You would think that this is 100% true off and on the site but indeed there are ways around privacy. Employers have the tools to access Facebook profiles public or private, and I’m sure anyone capable of accessing similar tools can do the same. It wasn’t until typing in my name in a search engine, capturing every picture had posted to Facebook; I had realized anyone could access my information. With this being said, it made sense for my COM 336 professor to instruct the class to make new Facebook accounts separate from personal pages. Decreasing exposure to your personal life is a sure way to eliminate judgment that can affect the workplace.

Throughout a year I learned the dos and don’ts of social sites. Over-usage (being the number one don’t) had become the number one rule to be broken. Too many updates would fill newsfeeds and annoy users. Spelling was also a pet-peeve of worldwide users. I can recall plenty of posts where “friends” would comment correcting grammar issues. This leads me to my next rule; internet experts. On every social site there is always that one user who feels they are an expert on any topic; don’t be that person! Do socialize with a friend, that’s what the site is for, and do take advantage of possible networking opportunities.

Facebook is an active site that is used today, but not through me. I’ve come into lots of situations where I felt like personal feelings have been altered over something on Facebook. It amazes me how many children use the site; what could an elementary or middle school child possible have to say on a social site. Especially in a stage where they are trying to find themselves they are so easily influenced with the nonsense they see on Facebook. I’ve seen porn, death and even drugs on Facebook; even in my maturity I feel like it’s inappropriate. Why is it a site intended for college students get shifted to students young as third grade? Money (advertising) is the obvious reason. My younger singings joining Facebook, has given me more than enough reason to deactivate mine. I see myself as a role model and as the same with employers; I will not allow my Facebook account restrict  that.