What minefields are there when using social software in the United States that must not be touched?

Studying in the United States and integrating into major social media as soon as possible seems to be a compulsory course. Social media is a free platform, where you can speak freely, but if you are too freewheeling in the United States and accidentally touch a "minefield", it will have an immeasurable impact on your study abroad career. Let's talk about which minefields you must not touch when using social software in the United States.

racial discrimination

A student admitted to Harvard University is about to enter an institution of higher learning in September, but he was revoked by Harvard University for making racial remarks on social media. Because I joked with my friends half a year ago that "black people are ugly, I won't look for black people if I kill them", I was found to have racial discrimination and was directly cancelled by the school.

Some people may think that the school made a mountain out of a molehill, and the other party just casually said that it did not cause bad influence. However, most netizens support the school's decision. They said that the content, occasion and motivation of his speech were not the most critical, but they did the core of the whole incident. People gather in the best schools with the ideal of making the world a better place. Obviously, this student doesn't conform to this idea, and Harvard recognizes this.

2. Underage pornography and violence

Ni, a 22-year-old native of Hangzhou, China, has been studying at the University of Iowa since September 20 13, but was expelled from the school and sent back to China in February this year. The reason is that the student posted a photo with a gun on the social network with a caption saying that if he failed the course, he would kill the professor and be considered as a dangerous person, so his study abroad career ended.

The emergence of social media can facilitate the understanding of the study life of the applying school, and also facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of us. It is reported that American universities will still pay attention to students' performance after enrolling students, and reserve the right to cancel the admission at any time. If there are special circumstances, they will even expel formal students.

3. Drugs and crime

Anmy, from Suzhou, Jiangsu, got the job invitation, went to a nightclub to celebrate with her friends, then shared a photo of others smoking marijuana on Instagram, and then canceled the invitation at the last minute on the grounds that the company no longer needed the position. Mi An said that this procedure has become a hidden rule for American companies to recruit international students.

In the United States, because of the employment fairness law, race, color, sex, religion, nationality, disability and age will not appear on resumes, so finding a job makes many international students feel relatively fair. In the eyes of many international students, resume+leisurely interview =Offer.

However, in fact, resume is only the most basic threshold. If the information meets the requirements of the employer, the interview will be notified. For those who notify the interview, HR will also go to LinkedIn to check the job seeker's past career information, and also go to Facebook to learn about the job seeker's personal life. Even some companies will arrange Recruiter to continuously observe the social media of job seekers and learn more about job seekers.

4. Migration trend

A couple was going to visit their daughter in the United States, but the customs found that their WeChat chat records contained information such as immigration and buying a house. They were found to have an immigration tendency and were repatriated on the spot. The father and daughter were not allowed to enter the United States for five years. In fact, they just casually talked about related topics and didn't mean to immigrate.

In the United States, Canada and other places, the customs will require residents of other countries to submit social platform accounts (including WeChat, Weibo, Facebook, etc.) before entering the country. Students who have applied for visas in the United States all know EVUS (Electronic Visa Renewal System). Before China citizens go to the United States, they must go to EVUS to update their personal information, one of which is to hand over their social accounts.

Therefore, before studying in the United States, you must pay attention to your words and deeds and delete the chat records that may have adverse effects in time, so as not to touch the "minefield" and cause serious consequences.

Making good use of social media is also one of the skills for international students to integrate well into local life. I will also introduce three social software commonly used by American students:

Snapchat is the most popular social software in universities. According to official statistics, 60 million users have installed snapchat, including 30 million active users.

Linkding

I'm sure many people are familiar with LinkedIn, which is the world's largest professional social networking site with more than 300 million members worldwide.

Tumblr

Tumblr is the largest light blog website in the world, and Tumblr is a website with many players. Many popular jokes in Weibo originated from Tumblr.