10 social media habits you need to get rid of by age 30

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Drunk photos, naked kids and stupid hashtags - it's time to forget all this.

Whichever network you go to, age can be seen not only by the date of birth in the profile, but also by the behavior of the owner. Some habits are worth leaving at the threshold of thirty.

1. Complain about work

A page on a social network has ceased to be a private space where you can write whatever your heart desires. You won't even be able to complain about your job, your boss, or your clients. Unless, of course, you want to be fired, as happened with the American Connor Riley. She said on Twitter that she hates the new job, but is willing to put up with it for a "fat salary." Or with a Russian stewardess who posted a photo where she discreetly shows her middle finger to a full cabin of passengers.

Whether such dismissals are fair is a moot point. But the fact remains: your employers - both current and potential - are probably browsing social media pages. And complaints of this kind are unlikely to please them.

2. Demonstrate a love of alcohol

A photo in an embrace with a bottle of vodka has already brought the judge from Ulan-Ude to dismissal. Such posts tell bosses, partners, colleagues and clients that their author is a frivolous and unreliable person.

But it's not just about the risk of losing your job or money. Even friends, if they are over 18 years old, are usually no longer interested in watching photo reports with drunk faces. There are other ways to show that you know how to have fun.

3. Show off material goods

Especially if you do it all the time. No one will like to endlessly look at bags from brand stores, the logo on the steering wheel of an expensive car, new shoes, watches or business class salons. First, it's boring. Secondly, it is not serious for an adult who has other achievements besides shopping. Thirdly, rampant consumption is no longer in vogue. Such posts cause envy and resentment.

And the demonstration of other people's gadgets, cars and jewelry is very much loved by robbers and scammers who are looking for their victims in social networks.

4. Pursue exes

If Sveta like Vasya from the parallel class, it is, of course, a tragedy. But at the age of 30, you need to understand that the former partner has his own life.

Surveillance, negative comments and claims smell like obsession and look both pathetic and intimidating at the same time. In addition, such behavior destroys the life of the persecutor himself: while a person chases after his former love and watches her every step, he cannot say goodbye to the past and start building the future. If the life of an ex-partner haunts you, you may need to see a therapist.

5. Disguise yourself as a nickname

A social media page is your virtual face. It is seen by your child's colleagues, friends, teachers and caregivers. The pseudonym will cause them bewilderment or grin, and at the same time demonstrate infantilism.

Don't forget: potential clients, partners and employers can find you by name. By putting a nickname on the page, you deprive them of this opportunity.

Of course, there are situations when a person is not looking for anyone, does not want to be found and prefers complete anonymity. Then, of course, the nickname is quite appropriate.

6. Send invitations to games

Nobody wants to harvest on your farm, don't even offer. If you have already sent an invitation, do not repeat the mistake, do not annoy your friends. Sometimes this information is sent automatically, so take a look at the settings.

7. Add acquaintances to chats and groups without warning

It's just impolite. Of course, many people want to gather as many people as possible in communities and chats, especially if this is important for making money. But, before adding a person, be sure to write him a message, tell him where and why you are inviting him, and clarify if he is interested in it. Not everyone wants to see an unnecessary group in the feed or receive endless notifications from some strange chat.

8. Constantly change the status and avatar

This is entertainment for teenagers or those who have just discovered social networks. You're not one of them, are you?

9. Abuse hashtags

Hashtags are needed to make it easier to find and for nothing else. Therefore, the messages and posts stuffed with them cause only irritation. By the age of thirty, you already know how to highlight the important and can limit yourself to a couple of relevant tags.

10. Upload hundreds of baby photos

On the one hand, a child is an important part of the life of any parent, which I really want to share. On the other hand, other people's children are usually interesting only to the closest relatives and friends, while the rest of the posts with their photos cause a variety of emotions - from indifference to irritation.

But the desire not to bore subscribers is only one of the arguments in favor of refraining from the abundance of children's photos. A small child cannot give full consent to the publication of his pictures.

Having reached adolescence, he probably will not be happy that there are photos of him on the Web with a naked booty or porridge smeared on his face.

Plus, we never know who is looking at an open page. Among the guests there may well be aggressive, mentally unhealthy people, pedophiles, who do not need to see photographs of our children. Think of the scandal that erupted on YouTube when pedophiles left thousands of comments under innocuous children's videos.

A compromise would be to post children's posts on a closed page or with such privacy settings so that they are accessible only to those closest to you.