How to Deal With Posting Something You Regret

How to Deal With Posting Something You Regret
It’s not as simple as just hitting delete
Alexandra Samuel
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Jan 23, 2020
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Photo: laflor/Getty ImagesThe smart-ass tweet. The intemperate blog post. The video rant. The indiscreet selfie. If you’ve been online for more than five minutes, then the odds are good that at some point, you’ve posted something you now regret.
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Written by Alexandra Samuel
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Speaker on hybrid & remote work. Author, Remote Inc. Contributor to Wall Street Journal & Harvard Business Review. https://AlexandraSamuel.com/newsletter
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