What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook

On March 9th I attended two very interesting presentations involving the social media networking websites Facebook and Linkedin. The speaker for the Facebook presentation talked about how everything you do on your Facebook page can affect you in ways that you might not have known before. For example, when you are looking for a job your potential employer can find your Facebook page to find out things that they can't through an interview. They can look through all of your pictures and see comments you make to your friends. In the presentation she also talked about how to block people from seeing things that you don't want them to see. Nobody can see things that you block, and they can't pay Facebook for that information. I think this is all very important stuff because almost everyone today has a Facebook page, but many people don't realize how it can affect them in the ways that it can. That's probably the most valuable information that I took away from the speaker.
The second speaker talked about another very popular social networking website called Linkedin. Linkedin is a more professional website than Facebook, and it's used mainly for networking with other people professionaly. You can create a profile and network with people with similar interests as you. It's basically used to help people break into the job world and help each other out. The most valuable information that the speaker gave me was just showing us how to set up your Linkedin page so that you can look as professional as you can. She showed us a good example of the type of picture you should have on your page, what information you should post and what you should keep private, and things like that.

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My general impression of both presentations was that they both had very useful information on two of the most popular social media networking websites there are today. These websites are very useful tools, especially for graduating college students like us. All in all, their information was very helpful and I'm glad I had the chance to listen to them speak.