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A difference between public and private profiles in social media






Did you ever ask yourself about difference between private and public in social media?

I suppose you have profiles in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok etc. You can pick among private and public option in your settings.

Making your profile public have some advantages and failures.

Public profiles are getting a bigger visibility and more followers.

Public profiles attract a bigger audience that means a bigger number of shares and likes.

Public profiles reveals more about a creator so audience has a bigger confidence.


Failures: if you go public, you will attract spammers and stalker. Maybe some unwanted, familiar person can see everything you post.

A malicious person can copy your content.

You are exposed to haters.


Making a profile private means some positive experience:

Your level of safety is bigger.

You can show your content only to your chosen audience.

Potential followers needs your approval.

Your content is limited so every unwanted comment will not show up.


Failures:

Your profile is hidden, so your content might not be popular.

Your potential sales will be lower because public is not seeing your content.

Maybe you can miss some interesting people.


Your will decide about your appearance in social media. Are you better safe than popular? Are you addicted to attention?

Pick up your option. 


You might decide for both, depends on your mood. Sometimes is the moment to hide, to be on distance. Then you can pick private.

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