Social Media

[Hugh]

I'm on Twitter, and follow BBC News Scotland and something that was came up about Mason Mount and Billy Gilmour.

It go me thinking about how much information is put out there, not the famous person too much info, in gerneral.

How much information that you might have out there, in what you might have posted?

TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, how much stuff of you have you put out there?
Also, have much infomation have those companies have on you?

[RyCamp88]

I take it this is the story:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65699287

Chelsea: TikToker admits stalking footballers Mason Mount and Billy Gilmour

[Hugh]

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[RyCamp88]

Yeah.

Are you thinking about how much info that you have out there?

Nope. My FB is private, I don't post on Insta or Twitter, Don't have online banking, That all doesn't matter anyway because our phones a tracking everything we do. No point in worrying.

[Parsifal]

I'm only on:
LinkedIn (professional)
fmf (perving)
and a dating website (or two).
Nothing else.

Over the course of my professional life I've been quite active in a multiple of ways.
The only other information about me out there is some of the political arguments that I get into on LinkedIn (mostly with right-wing rednecks who are pro gun rights and hate New York).  One colleague advised me to tone it down.
Other than that, on LinkedIn I get a stream of invitations from beautiful young women (with long hair) wanting to connect to my network.  Those profiles are probably fake and I never accept.

Also, if I google my name I find my name on posts from ballroom dance competitions in the past (in addition to the usual professional stuff).

Also, I never access LinkedIn or fmf from my phone, only from my desktop PC or laptop.

[Hugh]

Yeah, think that employers are looking at Linkin and other sites too.
Fakes out there


Even private, what you might have.

[NDN1984]

Sadly, social media can be a blessing (in touch with relatives) but also a curse. I've been doxxed on Twitter a few times.

My Facebook is just close friends and family only (plus my barber but that's to help drum up trade and they're both good guys). I blocked a shedload of people. Twitter, I don't use my real name at all and just be careful what I comment on. I also use Reddit, but that's almost anon and there are some groups of interest on there I find extremely friendly.