If someone posts on social media and then a friend mentions it to you, is that gossip?

<p>There is a lot of what is posted on social media that we wish was shared more than it is. If I announce a new project on my LinkedIn page, for example, I’m doing so because I want people to know about it.</p> <p> </p> <p>But if I share personal news to a Facebook group of a few close friends, and one of them shares it with someone outside of the group, has a line been crossed?</p> <p> </p> <p>It is possible to share a screenshot of a post with the person’s name blurred. But isn’t that still gossip? If someone is going to feel shame because a post has been shared, it doesn’t matter if their name is anonymized. The impact is the same.</p> <p> </p> <p>There are far-ranging practical and emotional consequences to the material we share on social media that we need to be aware of before we create a post. It’s an issue that isn’t talked about enough, so I’m grateful to my panelists for discussing it with me on this edition of Quick Hits: organizational specialist Glady Baradaran; Genius Marketing founder Emma Humphrey; and business consultant Kevin Wash. </p> <p> </p> <p>I hope you will share this particular conversation as widely as possible and include your thoughts on how social media and not being a gossip works.</p> <p> </p> <p>Connect with the panelists: Glady Baradaran: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/glady-baradaran-msc-od-6238071a/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/glady-baradaran-msc-od-6238071a/</a></p> <p>Kevin Wash: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-wash-23b90915/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-wash-23b90915/</a></p> <p>Emma Humphrey: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-humphrey-brand-marketing-founder-speaker/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-humphrey-brand-marketing-founder-speaker/</a> </p> <p>Dr Robyn Odegaard: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Want a summary of the Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just le