If someone posts on social media and then a friend mentions it to you, is that gossip?

There is a lot of what is posted on social media that we wish was shared more than it is. If I announce a new project on my LinkedIn page, for example, I’m doing so because I want people to know about it.

 

But if I share personal news to a Facebook group of a few close friends, and one of them shares it with someone outside of the group, has a line been crossed?

 

It is possible to share a screenshot of a post with the person’s name blurred. But isn’t that still gossip? If someone is going to feel shame because a post has been shared, it doesn’t matter if their name is anonymized. The impact is the same.

 

There are far-ranging practical and emotional consequences to the material we share on social media that we need to be aware of before we create a post. It’s an issue that isn’t talked about enough, so I’m grateful to my panelists for discussing it with me on this edition of Quick Hits: organizational specialist Glady Baradaran; Genius Marketing founder Emma Humphrey; and business consultant Kevin Wash.

 

I hope you will share this particular conversation as widely as possible and include your thoughts on how social media and not being a gossip works.

 

Connect with the panelists:
Glady Baradaran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glady-baradaran-msc-od-6238071a/

Kevin Wash: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-wash-23b90915/

Emma Humphrey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-humphrey-brand-marketing-founder-speaker/

Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

 

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