Are you damaging your reputation with online comments

Are you damaging your reputation with online comments Think before you post! Rationalize, be considerate, polite and professional. Dont damage your reputation by letting your emotions get the best of you andposting online commentsin haste for all the world to see thatyoucan NEVER takeback! If necessary, take the time to walk away and respond at a later time or date. There is nothing wrong with sharing your opinion but dont ever lose site of the negative impact a damaged reputation can have on your career.The advice we received as children is as applicable today as it was then;Ifyou dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all! Not only will your negative comments damage your reputation in the eyes of those on the site you posted it butsocial media provides a fast and easy forum to share the news ofyouronline blunder even further than you could imagine, just read, The Anti-Social Media,..you dont call people names online. Ever. ~Jay Dolan. Scott Stratten, expert on Twitter and author of UnMarketing, Stop Marketing. Start Engaging,includesa chaptertitled, Seven Deadly Social Media Sins, specifically noting, Wrath and writes the worst thing about social media is the reactionary nature of it and goes on to say many dont think before they tweet, adding,It takes a thousand tweets to build a reputation and one to change it all. Unfortunately, the dramatic increase of those contributing content online has had no influence on our educational system. In a Toronto Star articleby Barbara Turnbull,Scott Stratten says, Theres rarely, (a current) curriculum being taught in the Canadian school system and youre talking to someone who just finished teaching at Sheridan for eight years. Theres no social media. Were not even teaching the students and kids who use Facebook every day how to best use that in business. People dont like to change. Although there is clearly a lack offormal education, there is an abundance ofeducational information available online and John Antonios gives us, 100 Social Media Tips You Must Know Before2011. Here are just 4 ofhis extremely valuable tips: 3. Social media has made you immortal, but your legacy is your responsibility 47. Do unto others, as you would want others to do unto you 48. Every word counts the spotlight is always on! 50. Offline, bad can become worse Online, Bad can become ugly beware of the viral effect of social media. Heed this adviceand think before you post toavoid damaging your reputation with online comments!