If You're Questioning It, Don't Post It
We all have that little voice sometimes that makes us hesitate to post it, send it, or "submit" it online. This article from the Annals of Internal Medicine puts a little research behind the hesitation to post questionable things to Facebook and other public social media sites.
If you are a medical professional, and images are posted of you depicting "alcohol intoxication," somewhere between half and three-quarters of respondents would consider that a mark against you when deciding whether or not to have you investigated by the state medical board.
Approve Only the Tags You Want
In related news, did you know you can manage what does and doesn't show up with your name tagged in Facebook? This is especially important if you should maintain a professional image (or ever intend to have a professional image to maintain).
- Go to your "Account Settings" in Facebook
- Select "Timeline and Tagging" from the navigation to the left
- Click on "How can I manage tags people add and tagging suggestions?" and
- Click "Edit" next to "Review tags people add to your own posts before the tags appear on Facebook?"
- There's a big ol' "Disabled" button there. Change it to "Enabled" and now Facebook will ask you before pictures other people upload of you get tagged with your name.
Another option is to refrain from getting wildly inebriated at parties where people are taking photographs and posting them to Facebook. Your choice.