When thinking about my online presence, I believe that it is existent across major platforms but not necessarily active. Although I have a registered Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter account, it has been years since I have actively made posts on most sites. Although it is important to develop a credible presence online, I believe it is more important to focus on creating a professional online presence with respect to platforms such as LinkedIn. In my situation, this would be extremely beneficial as my other social media accounts are personal and private and therefore provide little information about me. Recently, I have developed a Wix blog that I welcome you all too! This will now be my most up to date professional social media account that represents me and my accomplishments.
Upon doing a Google search of my name, “Sabrina Janevski”, I was shocked to find relations to accounts from different social media platforms that are no longer active. To be specific, I had no idea I had a public profile on Pinterest that was created many years ago. All my other accounts have private profiles that are only visible to family and friends. This allows me to stay in touch with my extended family that do not live in Canada and share special moments with them.
Looking back on my last ten Facebook posts I can safely say that although my account is private, it is how I would want the world to see me. My Facebook account highlights important moments in my life that are presented in pictures that include trips, weddings, family, and friends. I am not one to publicly or privately post a status and feel as though the pictures I post privately would be the same I post publicly. With that in mind, I am someone who enjoys to use social media in order to view other individuals posts and status as opposed to making my own. If I do share a post, it is either a photo I am tagged in at an event with my family and friends.
When looking at who I interact with and follow on my social media accounts, I would say that a great deal of them are friends or family members with the exception of some animal content that brings me joy. I like to keep my following to people I associate with as I am more interested in their lives as opposed to the lives of celebrities. With that in mind, I am following local organizations in my community that allow me to keep up to date with different events and fundraisers that may be of interest to me or someone else in my family. I find this is a great way to get a wide variety of individuals out there and engage with their community while supporting local businesses.
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