Basic rules to navigate social media

By Shadaya Knight

1. Post to express not to impress. It is your account, whether others will find it boring, bad or offensive, it is their problem, just express what is on your mind (as long you follow the terms and conditions of the platform)

2. If you cant stand for your opinions, don’t share them. Be unapologetic about your opinions

3. Don’t bother to explain or apologize for something you posted. That will only fuel the mob further to persecute you. Let them think whatever

4. Don’t engage with anons (accounts which hide their true identity and use these as their profile pics e.g anime, cartoon, celebrities, athletes or random images). Majority of the time that is coward behind that troll account

5. Don’t retaliate when being trolled. Be emotionally stoic, trolls feed off the attention you give when you retaliate. Nothing pisses of trolls than being ignored

6. Don’t share your inner private life. From your relationship, family, friends, job, business.

Try to keep details about that away, because that which is dear to you, is simply content here

1. Don’t be boxed. Refused to be put in a box where you’re supposed to not have opinions on certain topics. Talk about any topic you want

2. Don’t be shy to advertise your business or hustle. Even if the post doesn’t get many likes or comments, know this, they have seen it. And the day they want your product or service, they will look for you

3. Don’t be in everyone’s DMs. Because at some point in time your private messages are going to be a screenshot used for clout. Clout seeking is the order of the day

4. Don’t be offended by anyone, when you can simply unfollow, unfriend, mute or block them. You have all the power

5. Don’t bother deleting anything you just posted. Someone has already taken a screenshot of it, you deleting it makes it bigger than what it is. Nothing gets deleted on the internet & yes the internet never forgets.

*Shadaya Knight is a prominent social media influencer