After reading the articles about social media auditing, I decided to take their advice and google myself. Besides finding many pictures of an actress with the same name, I didn’t come across any of my social media accounts or pictures of me when I googled my name. Pictures of me or links to my accounts are probably less accessible since I’ve never had a Facebook account and my last name is often assumed to be a misspelling of the word “fairly”. During my application process for college and jobs, I put both my Twitter and Instagram profiles on private in order to make sure that my accounts did not hurt my chances. Even though I don’t post anything bad on social media, I wanted to take these extra precautions.

After this application process, I took my social media off of private, since I don’t really mind who else (besides colleges or companies) sees what I post on the internet. If someone was to look at my account, I would come across as a friendly person (at least I hope). I mainly only post pictures of me and my good friends on Instagram, since I value pictures with meaningful people in them. I use Instagram to look back on memories, and pictures with others always hold more meaning to me than a picture of a flower or a mountain. I don’t try to put too much thought into what I post, or try to have a certain “aesthetic” to my account, because I feel as if this takes away from this memorable aspect of Instagram.