A partner just followed me on Instagram and now I feel like I need to delete half my life. It hadn’t hit me how strange it is that the same people who judge my billables and deadlines now have access to my vacation photos and sarcastic memes. I’m torn between blocking them (which feels obvious) and curating my feed into something corporate and boring. Mixing personal and professional worlds is uncomfortable. Do you keep coworkers off your socials entirely, or curate everything to be safe?

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I keep a work contacts and coworkers entirely off my socials; I also have all my settings so followers/friends/people can’t just follow me without my approval first.

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Is your insta not set to private? If not, it should be. My insta is very boring and is comprised of pictures of me and my wife and kids, but it’s still private and people can’t just follow me without me accepting.

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Create a “friends” and “close friends” group and exclude them from everything you post

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I’m a small law firm owner (8 employees) and I absolutely do not follow any of them on social media. That’s crossing a line in my opinion

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I would set socials to private and block them.

I’ve seen partners use social media to monitor their associates. It’s not so harmless.

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Exactly. I have also seen other lawyers use a social to have attorneys from a large case.

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can u block them? if they ask, just say u deactivated ur account? def would set to private going forward if not already

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Block

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Ignore it and keep doing you authentically.

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Even if you try to keep your worlds apart, remember that the internet is forever.

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If I was you scrub your page. Especially if your end game is partnership. My last firm part of my job was background on all employees. What you did in college should not represent you today. Why isn't your page private in the first place? Stop putting all your business out in the world. You can say you were hacked and start a new page as private. Don't accept his request. Be strategic. Do you remember the questionnaire the state bar sent out when you applied for your license? Keep in mind partnership is along the same lines. The firm will want to know exactly who they're dealing with. ⚜️

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