I wrote a blog post for my internship about schools getting active on social media and how it curtails some of the negativity in students online. My HS athletic director is on Twitter and FB, as are coaches. We used to see big drama on social media when I was in middle school and 9th-10th grade, but it has changed drastically. My school district has a #beatwhateverschool here trend for playing in-county rivals which usually is just ugly pictures of our classmates or kids from the rival school because we all know each other. But there are always some kids that take it too far and put up pictures of kids passed out or using the bathroom. I know my coach stepped in and had my teammate remove a picture of another teammate using the bathroom in her uniform.
After learning my lesson while still in HS, I like to brag that my current social media is clean, I barely swear and it's usually the PG13 words, I have no mention of illegal activity. I look at some of my athlete friends, I wonder if they realize how bad it looks to be a mess on social media.