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April 6, 2011
Facebook – Can I Have A Do Over Please?!
We all have Facebook accounts, right? If not, I am surprised you are even on the Catapult blog reading this post. All kidding aside, with 500 million active users worldwide and with those individuals spending more than 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook it has become a regular part of our daily lives. We check in daily from our mobile devices telling our friends where we are having breakfast, what we did over the weekend and of course posting photos of nearly every aspect of our lives.
However, I have one question – can I have a Facebook Do Over?
Seriously, I started an account several years ago and rarely if ever checked it. People would send friend requests and I would accept. Some names I knew and others sounded familiar. However, with the goal of not offending anyone or worrying about remembering someone’s married name I accepted the requests without considering the impact.
Recently, with close to 1,200 supposed “friends” I made a decision to take a step back and follow the advice I provide clients. Increasingly there is no longer a line between our professional and personal lives. As such, I have some very close clients who I consider friends and former students who I like to hear from about their successes and challenges in the PR field. I would recommend asking the following questions:
- What is the objective of your Facebook page? It is for personal/business or both?
- How much information do I want to share with those I have decided to be friends with?
- What photo should I use as my profile pic?
These are just some of the questions to consider. Just to be clear, I am not suggesting you defriend everyone or anyone; but I do recommend thinking a bit more about your Facebook page and how you intend to incorporate it into your life.
What additional suggestions do you have for items users of Facebook should consider? Feel free to share!
