I'm very lucky. I'm not too exposed to social media and is going quite well for me. I like to have my privacy.
I think social media is an interesting beast - you can't get too caught up in it. People can get caught up in it sometimes, but I think it's important to live in the present and not on the computer screen.
I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care.
You can either allow social media to be helpful for you or it can be harmful. I like to let it be helpful.
I've turned down players based on their Twitter handles. I've turned down players based on Twitter pictures.
It's the nature often on social media that people say things without really thinking through their position.
There are a lot of people in D.C. who have never been on Twitter or Facebook and don't get what's happening.
We are raising a generation of children who may not know how to mobilize without Facebook.
Kids need to remember that when you put something on Twitter, it's not like whispering to your friend, you've put it on a billboard that the whole world, including your own kids someday, can see.
I do have Instagram, but I try to avoid going on it too much. Some people are very good at how they use it, and they enjoy that interaction, but I want to be very careful.
When it comes to things like social media, the only time I go crazy is when my kids get affected, like when they get someone stupid saying something ignorant to them about me because they are babies.
I think more and more people became aware that social media was starting to feel like a more toxic space. And, I mean - quite a lot of incidents of people getting very, very angry about all kinds of things and attacking people.
We need to be smarter than our smart phones and realize the people we are with are more important than the people we aren't with, and way more important than the strangers we hope will tweet and like and share and Instagram whatever we're sending out into the cybersphere.
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Don't feel bad if you did not know that. I didn't, either, until someone recently slapped a picture of a green ribbon and a message wishing me a 'Happy CP Awareness Month' on my Facebook page. I always thought March was Women's History Month.
Be careful what you show the world. You never know when the wolf is watching.
Just as we teach our children how to ride a bike, we need to teach them how to navigate social media and make the right moves that will help them. The physical world is similar to the virtual world in many cases. It's about being aware. We can prevent many debacles if we're educated.
There have been moments where I've had to question the way I've used social media and change it. Not because anything was wrong or right but because my needs had changed, and my perspective had changed.
You have to be really careful with what you put out on social media and who you're talking to online... You can't just trust someone that you meet online. People aren't always who they say they are.
I tread lightly with social media. I don't dislike it. I'm just not sure what I'm doing, and I'm a somewhat private person.
