Comments on: Netiquette for The Boss While on Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Networks http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/netiquette-for-the-boss/ a blog by Joanna Pineda, CEO, Matrix Group Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Joanna M. Pineda http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/netiquette-for-the-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 Joanna M. Pineda Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:42:01 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1247#comment-1768 Katie, thanks for the great comment. I am Facebook friends with many of my staff and I love it. We comment on each other's updates and links, we share photos, we tag each other, etc. The key thing is that they're okay with this type of interaction, which is why I let them initiate the friending. And yes, I operate under the assumption that anything I post online, regardless of privacy settings, is on some server, some back-up, somewhere, forever. I think it's a good rule for e-mail as well. How many times have I been unintentionally copied on an e-mail because the person selected the wrong Joanna, or I get a response to a forward but wasn't supposed to see the original e-mail? Yikes! Katie, thanks for the great comment. I am Facebook friends with many of my staff and I love it. We comment on each other’s updates and links, we share photos, we tag each other, etc. The key thing is that they’re okay with this type of interaction, which is why I let them initiate the friending.

And yes, I operate under the assumption that anything I post online, regardless of privacy settings, is on some server, some back-up, somewhere, forever. I think it’s a good rule for e-mail as well. How many times have I been unintentionally copied on an e-mail because the person selected the wrong Joanna, or I get a response to a forward but wasn’t supposed to see the original e-mail? Yikes!

]]> By: Katie http://www.thematrixfiles.net/blog/netiquette-for-the-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 Katie Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:51:13 +0000 http://www.thematrixfiles.net/?p=1247#comment-1767 These are great rules for bosses but really for anyone to follow. I've seen people post updates and then remove them a few minutes later because they were too personal, nonsensical or just not really appropriate. That can be embarrassing and awkward. Learning the dos and dont's of social networking can be tricky--I definitely make mistakes as well--and it's frustrating to know that, as you pointed out, there's probably an archive somewhere ready to remind me of my mistake later on. I try to keep the mindset that what I post is available for anyone and everyone to see, despite my privacy and security settings. That way I stop and think, "Do I really want my boss/parent/future employer to see that?" All three of my supervisors are Facebook friends with me, and two of them follow me on Twitter (and I follow them). I enjoy it, but sometimes it can be weird, so I definitely have learned to think before I type. These are great rules for bosses but really for anyone to follow. I’ve seen people post updates and then remove them a few minutes later because they were too personal, nonsensical or just not really appropriate. That can be embarrassing and awkward. Learning the dos and dont’s of social networking can be tricky—I definitely make mistakes as well—and it’s frustrating to know that, as you pointed out, there’s probably an archive somewhere ready to remind me of my mistake later on.

I try to keep the mindset that what I post is available for anyone and everyone to see, despite my privacy and security settings. That way I stop and think, “Do I really want my boss/parent/future employer to see that?”

All three of my supervisors are Facebook friends with me, and two of them follow me on Twitter (and I follow them). I enjoy it, but sometimes it can be weird, so I definitely have learned to think before I type.

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