{"id":143494,"date":"2019-04-20T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/?p=143494"},"modified":"2019-04-18T18:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:10:15","slug":"social-media-dos-and-donts-for-college-freshmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/social-media-dos-and-donts-for-college-freshmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Do’s and Don’ts For College Freshmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’ve said before, college is a really scary place to go to. \u00a0Everything is new, but one thing is for sure: you want to make it look like you are having the best time\u00a0ever\u00a0<\/em>to all of your friends at home. \u00a0But while there are no solid rules for social media, there are definitely guidelines for how to make everyone at home (and college) think you’re pretty damn cool. \u00a0With that being said, here are my social media do’s and don’ts for college freshmen.<\/p>\n

1. Don’t post\u00a0too\u00a0<\/em>much<\/h2>\n

If you’re always on your phone then it doesn’t exactly look like you’re having the time of your life at college. \u00a0And you don’t want the people you’re trying to become friends with think that you’re stuck up and wishing you were somewhere else. \u00a0Go on the basis that less is more: if you post one amazing post every once in a while then people are far more likely to fall for your laid-back personality as opposed to someone who needs to be posting their whole life, always.<\/p>\n

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2. But don’t\u00a0never\u00a0<\/em>post<\/h2>\n

If your last post was from the end of junior school in 2012 then you probably need to think about whether or not you even want social media at all. \u00a0You don’t want people to think you’re lazy and don’t put effort into things, because of course, you put effort into some\/most things!<\/p>\n

3. Don’t change your whole identity<\/h2>\n

You can’t lie forever. \u00a0Don’t lie about your life and how cool or not you were and your life experiences. \u00a0You can present yourself in another way if you want, but don’t make yourself someone that you’re not: people will see through it eventually and that will only lead to potential drama and issues.<\/p>\n

4. Spread the love<\/h2>\n

If you think someone looks great in a photo, tell them! \u00a0No harm will come from giving someone a little confidence boost that will make their day and also make them feel like you’re a nice, approachable person. \u00a0But again, don’t lie as the truth will probably eventually come out which really\u00a0really\u00a0<\/em>won’t look good.<\/p>\n

5. Don’t facetune everything to oblivion<\/h2>\n

This is just about showing off your love for yourself. \u00a0Whether or not you believe it, fake it till you make it! \u00a0If you look like a cartoon in your photos because you had to edit it so much until you were happy with it, maybe it isn’t the one. \u00a0Give yourself some credit, you really are your own kind of beautiful and all you need to do it\u00a0own<\/em>\u00a0it!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. Get your caption game strong<\/h2>\n

Whether it’s all to do with the consistency of captions, the humour or describing what you did, I wouldn’t use a quote from an emo song from the early 2000s. \u00a0You’re not 12 anymore, but people definitely will question that you might be if you haven’t moved out of that stage yet.<\/p>\n

7. Be yourself<\/h2>\n

I’ve said it all through this article, but you can’t lie or fake who you are. \u00a0If it’s not true to you then the cracks will one day start to show and you won’t be happy if you’re faking everything. \u00a0Be yourself and you will attract people who like the true, authentic you, and then you’ll be happy and secure as you can be (hopefully!)<\/p>\n

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So there are my social media do’s and don’ts for college freshmen! \u00a0Have you been to college or know someone who has? \u00a0Do you agree with this list or have something to add? \u00a0Let us know down below!<\/h3>\n

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As I’ve said before, college is a really scary place to go to. \u00a0Everything is new, but one thing is for sure: you want to make it look like you are having the best time\u00a0ever\u00a0to all of your friends at home. \u00a0But while there are no solid rules for social media, there are definitely guidelines…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25185,"featured_media":143495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1793],"tags":[8610,19226,8082,10195,10194,8074,8759],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-143494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uni-life","tag-college","tag-facebook","tag-hacks","tag-idea","tag-ideas","tag-instagram","tag-social-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSocial Media Do's and Don'ts For College Freshmen - 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