2.  Great opportunities to network via social media  Easy to tarnish your reputation (being fired from work etc)

3.  Make use of Privacy Settings – organise friends into groups, hide friend list, put controls on photo albums, change visibility of posts

4. Have a reasonable profile picture No kissing, “duckface”, pouting, self-portraits

5.  Keep personal arguments to the phone or face to face – Do not break up with someone via Facebook or text messaging.

6.  Fill out your profile fully, join relevant groups, update often and be REAL  Show your passions, include professional details and areas of expertise

7.  Don’t post embarrassing/ suggestive/ explicit/ nude pictures of yourself or others on FB

9.  Over sharing (TMI)

10.  No swearing, bad grammar, misspelling  Watch your tone  AVOID USING CAPITAL LETTERS  Don’t vent about work/ colleagues/ lecturers  No chain updates  Say things you would say in person

11.  No Farmville, Mafia wars etc.

12.  Use discretion when wall posting

13.  Don’t friend someone you don’t know – not everyone using FB is honest

14.  If you have important news to share, call family and friends first before putting it on FB

15.  Don’t post anything that might hurt a friend’s career or relationship

16.  Use FB as a professional networking platform by linking to other applications such as “BranchOut” or “LinkedIn”

17.  Apply the same courtesy and respect you would in real life

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