Social media is one of my favorite things --I'm probably an addict, but it's fine. With great social media power, comes great social media responsibility. The controversy of Logan Paul taught us this a couple of weeks ago.
Social media etiquette is something that we should all be responsible for when getting online, so as a general rule of thumb: let's stop oversharing.
The internet is like a forever place. It's the limbo of being messy except you never get to Heaven and you never get to Hell, so you're just lost for the rest of your internet user-ship and covered in even messier tweets/status updates.
So you get the point.
Oversharing and overposting your life story is hardly fantastic. Not only does that create the potential to cause problems later, but it's just not a positive reputation to leave for yourself professionally, emotionally, educationally, and plenty more -allys.
Your social media footprint sticks around a lot longer than you'd think, so responsible posting is a pledge we should make for our own benefit for our future selves. Along those lines, blowing up your emotional bouts online isn't cute, and being messy online isn't fun when you have to reap the consequences later.
There comes this balance between life updates and genuine cries for attention. The difference lies somewhere between swearing up a storm about an old friend who "stabbed you in the back," and "I got into college."
In general, it's important to keep certain things offline and keep your personal problems between you and those in your real life.
Because you never know what will come back to bite you.