#STATUSFAIL 64% of 18 to 25 Year Olds Have Deleted a Regrettable Social Media Post


According to a survey of the tweet-before-you think generation, a carefree attitude towards their social media posts prevails and a significant majority are completely unaware of the lasting impact of their social network communications. The research of 1,000 18-25 year olds was commissioned by www.scrambls.com and found that 25 per cent of 18 to 25 year olds said they are not worried about inappropriate posts affecting their future employment prospects, saying their posts “are no one’s business but my own.”


One in ten (13 per cent), have found themselves in hot water over a social media post, 24 per cent have got in trouble with an employer, one in five (21 per cent), upset a partner and 18 per cent felt the wrath of their parents. Swearing isn’t a problem for 39 per cent of people who think it’s acceptable to swear in public social media posts.


Of the 64 per cent that have deleted a regrettable post, 43 per cent did so because they were drunk at the time, 32 per cent because they


realised the post might be seen by someone it wasn’t intended for and 26 per cent because the post expressed a controversial or inappropriate opinion. A further 21 per cent have deleted posts because they were worried about ambiguous comments being misconstrued by other users.


Being caught on camera doing something you shouldn’t be is also a concern, 70 per cent have deleted or ‘de-tagged’ a picture, and women feel more camera conscious with 77 per cent of women likely to de-tag a picture, versus 51 per cent of men.


“The unfortunate reality is that although it is possible to remove a post from a social networking site, it doesn’t mean the offending content has been removed from the internet. An indelible footprint remains in archives and if content has been ReTweeted or ‘Liked’,” comments Joseph Souren of scrambls. “At 18- 25 years old, young adults are at a stage in their lives where they don’t want their social activities defining their life-long digital identity. Young people are not considering their social media legacy, and millions face a real danger of those regrettable posts coming back to haunt them in later life. A generation of future politicians and business leaders may encounter significant barriers to their chosen career path; especially when potential employers Google their name to find comments from


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