The Internet Never Forgets; this is not a cliche.

Sometimes we see young people (teenagers and youths) post on their social media pages especially on their Snapchats and TikToks their nudes and other embarrassingly obscene pictures and videos of themselves in order to entertain their followers and also pull traffic to their pages. They do all these in the name of having fun, body goals, body positivity, being proud of their bodies and whatever stylish name they may christen it and thinking once they grow older, get something serious going for them or starts a family or maybe have kids everything will be all gone and forgotten but the unfortunate truth is that the internet never forgets and nothing can really be totally taken off the internet once it has made its way there. 

You lost control of whatever you post on the internet. Even if you posted it and deleted it immediately or you posted it on your WhatsApp status where it is just your family members and close friends that view it, you are no longer in control of it; that post may end up on another site or page as a screenshot.

Before you click that send or post button, re-evaluate what you are about to post and ask yourself “will I be embarrassed or humiliated by this post or this picture if it ends up on a different page”? If yes then do not post or send.

Once you send a file over or make a post on social media or or even a comment, have it in mind that it will forever remain in the public domain. It is almost impossible to delete a file totally from the internet. Although some social media platforms might decide to pull down the post due to their strict policies and regulations against such posts, there will definitely be other platforms and blogs where your post will still be available for the public to access.

While you are posting your nudes to entertain your followers on Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Tinder, Tiktok, Twitter, Onlyfans etc or attract new people, have it in mind that even if you grow older and become a grandma, that your nudes will always be in the public domain, even if you delete them all or deactivate your page it will always be on the internet space.

People have lost their jobs, lost life golden opportunities, been humiliated and some have been denied visas over some obscene and embarrassing posts of themselves they made years ago without them having the slightest idea that the post will come back to witch-hunt them years after. Some organizations are keen on knowing the kind of life their prospective employee is living or lived on social media spaces and I can promise you that once you were a social media nudist, even if you stopped, turned your life around and obtained a Harvard degree some organizations will find it difficult having you.

So while you have all the fun you are having now and exhibiting youthful exuberance, bear in mind that actions have consequences; the internet never forgets and it is almost impossible to ever delete or totally get rid of any post that has made its way into the internet space. Please teach your daughters, your sisters and your girlfriends that are still in their prime these things so they pay very much attention and be careful of the pictures or videos of themselves they put out there.