Over the past decade, social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have become important parts of our daily life. These days, you cannot meet a person who doesn't have a single social media account. Our long phone calls have been replaced by messaging apps, newspapers by news feeds and civic protests by hashtags. This also means, our social media interactions are observed and scrutinized more than ever by governments and prospective employers as a quick look into your personal life. Despite all the benefits that social media brings, your actions in a social media bubble can create a lot of havoc and trouble in your real life. So, today, on the world social media day, here are 5 things you must never do on a social media platform.

1.Avoid posting sensitive or confidential information

Some months ago, I saw a post on Instagram where a person shared a picture of his credit card and car keys boasting about the good time he was going to have with his friends. What this person didn't realize was the level of sensitive information he just gave away. Right there, in front of my eyes, I have his credit card number, its expiry date, and the name on the card. It has to be noted that there is a high demand for stolen credit card numbers, in places like the dark web and the potential harm that can be caused is endless. So, here is the most important part, never post sensitive or confidential information on your social media.

2.Don't share your location whereabouts

Gone are the days when burglars who sat outside the house waiting for people to fall asleep before they broke in. Now they just stalk you on Facebook. There is a high possibility of a stalker seeing the new 'traveling to' update you just posted to make your friends jealous of your European trip. Hence, be extremely careful in sharing your location and travel whereabouts.

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