Our life is an open book

This week's topic is a great reminder of some silly mistakes we can all make in the name of our vanity.  Who does not love to share about something fun they are doing. Or somewhere nice they visited.  There are so many reasons why we share. According to McMillan, Over-sharing on social media sends positive waves to the brain just like eating chocolate experts say. (McMillan, 2012, p.1)  

This is a great article about why we love to share. Do not feel so bad if you have over shared. Most people have: 

Facebook, Twitter, other social media are brain candy, study says

Most people would not leave their house unlocked yet they tend to neglect to be careful about their online persona. Social Media Network Security exists to prevent us from falling pray to the following dangers: 

According to 5 Threats To Your Security When Using Social Media:

Having our identify stolen
Getting your computer hacked
Allowing strangers to locate you
Letting burglars know your whereabouts 
Being overconfident about being safe

Hence the importance of establishing Social Media Policies and guidelines to guard your your personal information while still having fun online. 

The following checklist will ensure you use social media safely: 

• Create a list of all social media tools used
• You want to ensure you are making changes to all of the tools you use and not just the most frequently used ones. If you no longer use a tool delete your account.

• Update Passwords
• Ensure all passwords are at least 8 characters long and with symbols. All of your tools need to be secure. Ensure your password is changed every 90 days

• Use a lock password tool to store multiple passwords
• With more complex password it is important to not write the new password on pieces of paper or on files in the computer. Use a secure tool to store passwords

• Check the privacy setting in all tools
• Protect your data by ensuring your data is not visible to all
• Check for tighter than usual settings and evaluate each post before posting

• Search your name on a regular basis online
• To ensure nobody is impersonating you and also to ensure nobody posted anything inappropriate about you

• Teach your kids and family members to follow the same guidelines
• Just as you would in your company

• Think before posting
• Do not post anything you think you might regret in the future

Lock your house and your online life: 

References

5 Threats To Your Security When Using Social Media - AllTwitter. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2014, from https://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/5-social-media-threats_b51841

Over-sharing on social media is just like sex, experts say | Digital Trends. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2014, from http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/over-sharing-on-social-media-is-just-like-sex-experts-say/

Study helps explain why we over-share on Facebook, Twitter - Los Angeles Times. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2014, from http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/08/business/la-fi-tn-self-disclosure-study-

Who care about what others think?

 Let's face it! Most of us care about what others are doing and we look for advice and recommendations from the people we know to improve our own lives. Perhaps we don't stare at our neighboor's house like I am doing in the picture but we certainly look at their social media updates. According to Qualman the most popular feature of Facebook and LinkedlIn is the status update. (Qualman, 2013, p.73) People love to share what they are doing online and that can be helpful to someone looking for advice from peers.

Qualman provides many great examples of how people are influenced by their friend's experiences when they are making a decision and how social media expedites that transfer of information. Social Media facilitates the reuse of data.

 I was considering putting my daughter in Karate when I happen to check my Facebook account and saw that my neighbor chose the Karate school down the street and was bragging about how great the place was. Guess what school my daughter goes to now? The same as my neighbors. Why research schools if I can learn from a friend?

I am not along in following the lead of friends and neighbors when making a purchase decision. According to the Nielsen reports 90 percent of people trust their peer's opinions. (Qualman, 2013, p.72)

In Socialnomics Chapter 5: I care more about what my neighbor thinks than what Google thinks, Qualman refers to the fact that search engines are moving to a social commerce model where  searches become "referral on steroids." Where we can easily find information about our peers purchase behaviors and their opinion.

 

TripAdvisor incorporated Facebook Connect into its site. Now we can see hotel reviews from your friends via TripAdvisor's connections on Facebook. (Qualman, p77)

Many online businesses trying o capitalize on Social Commerce. Here is one example:

More: 

• Social Media and Social Commerce have not reached its full potential and will continue to evolve
• Social Media can prevent us from making the same mistakes that our friends make: data reuse
• More and more people are willing to share both good and bad experiences online
• Mobile devices helps enable Social Commerce

Thank You for stopping by!
Ana

Qualman, E. (2013). Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Welcome to Week 3 -Let the blogging begin

I am looking forward to leading the digital discussion this week. I am also nervous to be following Isaac's footsteps as he did a great job last week. 

I have summarized the guidance for this week's forum discussions below: 

Please follow the following line items: 

1) Review the discussion question under Week Three Blog Discussion in iLearn

2) Then  go to your blog and publish an initial response to the discussion question (Please do not post a response in iLearn) 

3) Follow four blogs ( two from members of our team and two from outside of our team but within group B for team 6)

Here is a link to student lists and their groups 

Here is the link to our team's media sites 

4) Reply to initial response posts published by the blog authors that you follow: offer comments just as you would in the iLearn Forum discussions. 

• Note: as the leader for the week I am going to be following your blogs but I am not required to follow comments you make to teammates outside of our team. 

I kindly invite you to also follow my Blog  

If you have any question please contact me at napaula122@gmail.com. 

Best of luck! Hope you all have a great week! 

Best Regards, 

Ana