I read the other day that only 19% of Millenials think that most people can be trusted.  If this is true, then why are they so willing to hand over untold amounts of personal information to whatever site comes their way? Our class recently was required to sign up for Hootsuite, with the additional incentive that we would receive Hootsuite Pro for free.  Does anyone read privacy policies anymore?  Perhaps it’s the Gen X in me that makes me read every single one of them. I’m old school,  There are disclaimers when you are adding your social networks that say that Hootsuite is able to post for you, see your personal messages, etc.  I’m one of those people that has her Facebook locked down.  I don’t want my personal social media sites interacting with my professional or school career.   I’ am eternally grateful that cell phones with cameras didn’t exist when I was in my twenties.   Am I being paranoid?  Maybe, maybe not.

I can see the benefits of Hootsuite if you run a business.  Capturing information about what your competition is doing, searching LinkedIn for upcoming jobs in a specific area, and scheduling posts to hit all of your social networks at the same time.  It seems to be quite a powerful little tool.  There are benefits to being able to see which of your posts are effective and elicit a response and which don’t.

It’s interesting to see what is out there to ease the onslaught of information from multiple social media avenues, but I am not linking my personal accounts to it.  Not yet.