Now-a-days social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Friendster, etc are very popular for interacting with other users on the Internet. Twitter is also one of them. Around 35% adults have profile on at least 1 social networking site and 51% have above 1 while 3/4th users between 18-24 ages have an online profile. Posting a few photos, sharing personal information or a quick status update helps people to stay connected with friends. But there are some things that people should not share on Twitter, social networking site. Refer the article to know the things that you should not share in Twitter.

Employers, law enforcement agents, insurance companies, criminals, etc use microblogging service of Twitter. Before tweeting on twitter, people should think because search engines (Google and Bing) take steps to more integrate Twitter updates into inquiry results. People should know where to draw the line as posting photos or personal information puts the person at risk of being fired, a victim of crime, or even worse. People share death or wedding in the family on twitter but all these cause oversharing. Twitter is a powerful communication tool so over-sharing can be dangerous.

10 Things that should not share in Twitter

1) Intimate Personal Information:

You should not share personal information such as date and place of birth, social security number, maiden name or your mother's maiden name because this can put you at a huge risk of identity theft. You can provide day and month you were born. Date and place of birth could be used to forecast all of the numbers in your Social Security number or your password can also be hacked easily.

2) Vacation Timeframes:

Never post an update on Twitter saying: “I will be out off station this weekend till the next week”. By doing this you are informing robbers and followers that you have left your home untended. Also don’t tell location and time of the place you are going to visit as this can be an invitation for a person to come and kidnap you.

3) Daily Routines:

Don’t share your daily routine such as when you are walking to work, where you go on your lunch break, or when you head home. This can let a criminal to track you and you are also giving all the info that a criminal require to find you at all times.

4) Children’s Names:

Never share names of your children as they can be easy targets for online predators and identity thieves. It is much easier to get information about your child. So keep your children out of your Twitter feeds.

5) Confessionals:

Always remember twitter is a social networking site, not a confessional. Never talk about how you got drunk at a party or how you hate your job/colleagues/boss or playing hookey from work as companies may discover a way to access your Twitter account. Never Tweet views about your clients, company, products and services. Companies have fired about 8% employees as they exposed something on social media.

6) Photos:

Never tweet photos that reveal what you and your home looks like as because these photos can put you at risk. Photos including geotags also put you at risk because some smartphones automatically embed geolocation data into your photos. With a simple photograph how much private data you are revealing you may not understand. Also don’t post photos or jokes connected to religion and races.

7) Company information:

Don’t share your company or work information as it may beneficial to your company’s competitor. You should keep personal news of a planned expansion or a big project or anything else about workplace. Also never connect personal sites to professional business sites.

8) Personal conversations:

You will not at all go around with a bullhorn declaring your personal matters and it is a similar situation for the internet. Never share personal or private matters on twitter as this could easily lead to identity theft. You have to decide which conversation is personal.

9) Every Detail of Your Life:

Don’t tweet constantly on twitter as this can annoy Twitterers. Constantly tweeting also deducts space and attention from other Twitterers' links and comments. Other Twitterers don’t get chance to see your updates if you tweet constantly.

10) High-Risk Activities:

Never tweet about regular climbing trips because insurance companies check Twitter while considering return claims. While charging a customer's risks insurance companies may even look to social media. If you have filed for disability compensation than your insurance company could seek out your tweets about high-risk activities as well as use them to supplement a fraud case against you.

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