Netiquette Rule 5: Make Yourself Look Good Online

When you are online you want to make a good impression of yourself to other people. This is especially important since everything you do online will stay there permanently. Social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, WhatsApp, etc.) have also set unrealistic beauty and fitness standards that make ordinary people believe that the people on the internet portray how they should look. But since usually you can't see the other person who you are either chatting with or otherwise communicating with, how do first impressions take shape in the online world?

The first thing everyone notices about someone on the internet is their writing, in particular their grammar and spelling. Let's say that you are in an online game lobby and you have paired up with a total stranger. If the only way to communicate is to use text chat, then usually the first impressions are made when you say hello, good luck, have fun, etc. If your team mate does not respond or uses language that is not appropriate during the game, then obviously the impression of them will not be too great. This in turn also decreases the likelihood of you wanting to play another game with them and therefore the stranger has to find a new team mate every game, limiting their progress in the game, as the best team mates are always the ones that you have played with before. In my experience solo-queueing (getting into a game alone to get random team mates) is definitely not as interesting as getting in queue with a couple of good friends who you have played with before and already know how they play.

In most social media platforms you get to choose a profile picture or avatar to represent you when you communicate with other people. Most people usually have a picture of themselves, but there are some that use something totally different (animated characters, pictures of their pet, landscape pictures, etc.). This gives people the feeling that they are trying to hide their face or themselves from the public in general. Also as an adult applying for different jobs and positions in companies, those companies are going to look you up on social media and their first impression is going to be based off of everything they find there. I personally used a picture of the Simpsons as my profile picture on Facebook until I was 13 but at the time I only used Facebook to play games and I was not old enough to actually have a Facebook account. As soon as I turned 13 I updated my profile picture to an actual picture of myself.

So in conclusion, keep track of what you upload online and how you do it. Everything that goes online stays there forever and keep that in mind whenever you post something on Facebook or add a new picture to Instagram, etc. Thinking about the long run of things is the only way you can truly decide if you want to post something or not.

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