Outsmarting Smartasses

Social Media is now mainstream.

It mainly is for social interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures or videos in virtual communication(en.wikipedia.org), but efficient people have put it sub-functions: for business (online shopping) and for learning (online education). It has become a bang, influencing every human in the world – the entrepreneur, millennial students and even the “look it up in the encyclopedia” boomers and Generation X’ers. 

“Register. Log in. Add friends. Follow. Subscribe. Post. Share. Like. Comment. Message. Tweet. Blog. Deal. Log out,” they say. Really, is that all?
How to become a part of it in a safe way is a fringe. Well, this is why people stumble upon problems.

Smartass1: I can’t remember my password! River of Lethe, no!
Smartass2: Oh, that? Not a big deal. Just make a new account.

Smartass1: Son of Hermes! My account is been hacked!
Smartass2: Oh my chaos! Say goodbye to your beloved dignity now.

Cliché. Anywhere these happen. But anything about them, what can victims do? Well, perhaps another cliché: remake an account or if rich enough, pay a thousand or so to a programmer for the retrieval of the account. Why wouldn’t they? They have money, and with just the “supply me with your (private) information, give me your cash, and I’ll recover your profile/password” deal, Zhwing! Those accounts are in their hands again. No more chasing of their precious time to change new e-mail addresses of their companies.

Pretty easy. But is it worth it? No, it isn’t because technically they’re just paying the person’s use of energy to type the info they give, to click, and to reclaim when actually they could’ve done that personally. It won’t even take any longer. Apparently, without their aid, programmers could do nothing.

Smartass1: Of Athena’s! Cool, you retrieved your profile. Are you a hacker? I wanna be one, too.
Smartass2: No, no, no! I’m the victim here of an amateur hacking, and hacking is a bad thing, man. It shouldn’t be overrated.

You couldn’t say that one is a hacker unless he abso-frickin’-lutely trespasses one’s wholeness, his server. But if he, the hacker, does, it’s not his fault that he got them; it’s the victim’s negligence!

Do you want any of these mishaps? (If you don’t care, well, not my loss.) There are some things you can do. What and how? Well, here are the keen secrets to prevent paying and sharing for your privacy, to outsmart cyber bullies, and to avoid trashing and remaking of accounts or littering in the cyberspace:

1. Make a Yahoo or Google account with all your heart.
Feel every datum you give when signing up. Mind forgets; heart doesn’t. FYI, Y! or G+ are the largest databases in the Internet. Making an account from one or both serves as the ticket to joining in any network service. This will be your server.
2. Consider your dignity when constructing an e-mail address.
Never try making it as fabulous as glittering_sharese because I swear it doesn’t look fab on a bio-data.
3. Keep your preciously made password by yourself.
When I say by yourself, I mean don’t share it with others; and when I say precious, I do mean your parents’ name together with their anniversary, e.g. indaysimon31, your favorite food and birth date, e.g. everything011695, your first pet, e.g. darkvaguilar, and the like but never those of worst memories the non-consciousness might haul.
4. Put your mom’s mobile number instead of yours.
I’m serious. Just in case you get oblivious for not using a pc, you can use this to recover your password or e-mail address. Parents or oldies rarely change numbers.
5. Agree to the policy and terms with a smile.
Smile! because no matter how uncountable times you’ve got to forget your Edmodo, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Blogspot, Tumblr, XDA, YouTube and all accounts as long as you synched them to Y! or G+, you can recover them anytime and anyhow. (Disregard amnesia, please. It’s another story.)

Wait! Forgetting your account isn’t the lone matter here because forgetting that you’re in worldwide web is worse! It would be a big way to let people rate your reputation and cybercriminals, enemies and stalkers to find your waterloo, i.e. naivety, boastfulness, vanity, insanity, etc. toward sharing your every thing. Once you get started of getting along with the netizens, you should bear in mind that cyberspace isn’t heaven, where is of goodness and of righteousness. We are still on earth, full of players and fools. Nevertheless, the only thing I suggest you forget is your motto “YOLO” (You Only Live Once), because Internet is a giant public record. What you post becomes a history, and what will become of you is of your history. This might also lead you to the disruption of your very position (a scholar, a professional, or others) or your high dreams.

Well, here are some smart tips to ensure the protection of your profile:

1. Get rid of negative posts!
It has been researched that online reputation is one of the basis of the hires. Well, I bet you don’t want your future employers kicking you out because of the nega company you keep.
2. Remember what Internet is!
A public record it is. Private messaging doesn’t mean your nasty messages are as safe as treasures in a vault. Well, how’s screenshot or print screen?
3. Be discreet in posting your stuffs!
Holy crap! Nobody really cares but the kleptomaniac. I guess you want theft in your bathroom, too, huh.
4. Limit the people in your circle!
It isn’t a “who gets plenty of friends” contest, man, rather a “how you stay connected with other people” one. (Anyway, the foremost can be applied to blogging, for you need lots of reader right there.)
5. Let your privacy be itself!
Your personal information is sacred. Showing off your address that’s in a classy subdivision could be the answer to a madman’s chant.
6. Be logical!
You don’t click that link saying you’ve won million dollars! You don’t do that! But if you do, at least sign out from any social network. It’s just fine to show some stupidity sometimes.

Be smart, not a smartass!

Getting Started with Blogger

Signing up on Blogger isn't that way too bulky.

Well, in fact, there are just 3 basic things in need: first,  a google account (just click the highlighted phrase to register). Second, an energy to click another link (I.e. Blogger) after registering. Finally, your never tardy cells to understand and to click more!

But I've got a video here, though, for the "more visual, less y' know" people.

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