subject: Considerations While Blogging on Social Platforms [print this page] Considerations While Blogging on Social Platforms
Blogging has become very popular among all age groups and therefore, are used widely by people of different backgrounds and cultures. The users can create and share their opinions, provide latest updates, offer insight into current and burning topics.
The latest introduction of creating blogs on social networking sites has encouraged the users to do blogging on daily basis. Before you start blogging on social networking sites, you must consider the following points to avoid embarrassing situations. These are:
1. Privacy: Social networking sites give you an option to make your blog either public or private. One has to decide whether they want to share it with all the users of the social site or to restrict the entry by making it private. By choosing the option to keep it private, you choose the number of people who can view your blog and comment on them. It entirely depends on the matter of personal preference. Some bloggers may not mind about the size of prospective readers but others do. So, take the right option which suits your comfort level.
2. Diversified Audience: Social networking sites have a wider reach and cater large number of people. If you have chosen the option to make your blog public, then you must ensure that the content you are publishing are not offending any one's feelings. The content of the blog must be appropriate for everyone to make it popular among larger number of people. If you still feel that this may not suit your purpose to create a blog, then you can surely make it private anytime you want.
3. Dealing with Embarrassing Situations: Once you make your blog public for everyone, you will allow large number of people to read your blog posts and comment over it. There are times, when people post impertinent comments in response to your entries. You can simply block the user and may ask the administrator to take the necessary actions against the offender. The administrator will take a decision after examining the situation. Therefore, you should post only those entries where you are not hurting anyone's feeling as the administrator can ban you from the system as well if found guilty under any circumstances.
Social platform is a place where every member has an equal right to take their actions. Therefore, it is a necessity to set privacy or to avoid insulting anyone's thoughts and feelings by your blog postings.
So, make blogging a happy experience for you and for your audience.
