Right now we’re living through an unprecedented experience and whilst social media can be a real negative, it also has potential to keep us sane in tricky times. Honestly, I have to agree with a lot of the negativity around it. A vast amount of my day job involves spending time online and the habit (addiction") is a hard one to break. Especially in times where many of us are spending more time at home and out of our normal busy-busy routines. It’s all too easy to turn to the little windows on the world that are our phones.

Over the years I’ve been both a blogger and a social media consultant, I have started to recognise a few ways I can make social media a more positive place for me and wanted to share these tips with you. I actually drafted this post well before we got into the thick of the Coronavirus challenges. But now seems as good a time as any to share them, and please consider these as coming from someone who doesn’t really have the option to ‘just delete’ accounts. Here are some ways to manage things when it can get a bit too negative.
The mute button is your friend

A social media clear out is a positive thing to do. Updating who you ‘allow’ into your space and removing those who make you grumble. You don’t really need to justify your reasons for why they make you grumble, but just stop allowing them to take up any room in your feeds. Of course there are some ‘politics’ of the whole...