Student targetting faculty posts on social media

[Morris Zapp]

wondering if anyone has any specific advice about how to keep one's online activities private.  I have a student who appears to have targeted me and is collecting my posts on social media etc. to apparently build some kind of case against me as 'biased' or whatever.  Not too concerned.  Mostly just annoyed.  But does anyone know if there's some kind of online toolkit or checklist that is available that might detail how to make sure your posts are private?  Many thanks.

[downer]

Some people use a different name, and avoid putting up images of themselves in the public part, so it is much harder to find them using an internet search.

Obviously adjust privacy settings to as high as you can without making it dysfunctional for you.

[Vkw10]

Lots of libraries have guides on social media privacy. Try searching: social media privacy library

Here's one that's looks pretty good https://libguides.collegeofsanmateo.edu/c.php?g=884716&p=6357765

[marshwiggle]

But does anyone know if there's some kind of online toolkit or checklist that is available that might detail how to make sure your posts are private?  Many thanks.

Twitter is cancer.

[Caracal]

wondering if anyone has any specific advice about how to keep one's online activities private.  I have a student who appears to have targeted me and is collecting my posts on social media etc. to apparently build some kind of case against me as 'biased' or whatever.  Not too concerned.  Mostly just annoyed.  But does anyone know if there's some kind of online toolkit or checklist that is available that might detail how to make sure your posts are private?  Many thanks.

If you make your facebook posts visible only to friends and don't friend students, that would fix the problem there. Same thing for Instagram. Twitter, as that guide points out, is designed to be public. If you aren't willing to have anything you say there available to anyone, I wouldn't post it. Out of curiosity, how do you know the student is doing this?

[Ruralguy]

+1 to Caracal. Limited use is probably the best policy. Never ever ever post a political opinion.

[marshwiggle]

+1 to Caracal. Limited use is probably the best policy. Never ever ever post a political opinion.

It isn't actually necessary to express every opinion, thought, and preference publicly for the world to comment on. A person can live a full and productive life without ever getting (or even trying to get) a "like" or upvote on anything whatsoever. Despite strong social pressure to the contrary, most things in a person's life are (and ought to be) their own business.

[clean]

No one can use  what you dont post against you!

(What do you have to say to the world that the world can not survive without hearing?  Better to say nothing)

[Aster]

I don't let any students anywhere near my social media feeds until after they've graduated.

Even then, they're put on a tight filter to what they can view.

[Caracal]

No one can use  what you dont post against you!

(What do you have to say to the world that the world can not survive without hearing?  Better to say nothing)

I don't post on Twitter, but I don't know if I'd go that far. Its just that you have to be willing to stand behind anything you write. The idea stresses me out, which is why I avoid it.

[larryc]

I am super outspoken on social media and have a conservative stalker who has built up a tribe of screen grabs that he thinks make me look bad. He regularly posts them all over the place and I am sure sends them to my president. Fortunately I'm tenured and have a string union.

[fast_and_bulbous]

I am super outspoken on social media and have a conservative stalker who has built up a tribe of screen grabs that he thinks make me look bad. He regularly posts them all over the place and I am sure sends them to my president. Fortunately I'm tenured and have a string union.

You mean you have a knot?

[Anselm]

I recently got a letter from the HR department of a school I used to work for.   They informed me that I no longer work for them and must not identify as a current employee of theirs.  I just never got around to updating my profile.  I suspect somebody did not like what I had to say and then contacted the school.  I am tempted to write back and demand to know who is cyberstalking me.

[bio-nonymous]

So what about a harmless site like LinkedIn? I had a student want to join my network, and I even agonized over it for a bit--finally decided that I am not hiding anything--my profile is essentially public, it is a career networking site, so why not. But if I did Facebook, Instagram, or the like, and I do not, I certainly would not be letting students friend me or vice-versa...that seems like setting yourself up as a target!

[writingprof]

OP, if your posts are progressive, you have nothing to fear.  If they're conservative, nothing can save you.