Status and bio
How to sum yourself up in a line or two, joke without barbs and avoid giving away too much about your work, home and routine.
a profile without awkwardness: a social media reference
Pro100Status: a social media profile without awkwardness
Your social media page is often the first thing a new acquaintance, a future colleague or a neighbour learns about you. A short status line, a photo and a couple of old posts add up to an image you did not always choose on purpose. This reference helps you tidy things up: describe yourself clearly and with humour but without hurting anyone, decide who gets to see your page, and avoid leaving anything online that you will regret later.
A good profile does not have to be witty. It is enough that a year from now you will not want to erase it.
Where to start
Profile privacy
Which visibility settings exist almost everywhere and how to decide what to show everyone and what to keep for people close to you.
Digital footprint
What an employer or a stranger can see about you, why deleted posts do not always disappear and how to clean up old posts.
Comment etiquette
How to argue without getting personal, respond to rudeness and leave group chats without a scene.
Reference sections
- Guides
Step-by-step guides: how to write a status, choose a photo, set visibility, clean up old posts and agree on family rules. The article catalogue is here too.
- Settings
Settings found in almost every social network: profile visibility, close friends list, photo tags, login history, two-step login and archive.
- Comparisons
Public or private profile, plus which topics suit a status and what risk each of them carries.
- Trouble
Hacked account, your photo posted without asking, a hurtful comment, a fake page, a child posting too much: what to do.
- Security
The risks of a public profile: location tags, photos of documents, quizzes with personal questions, reused passwords, suspicious links.
- Glossary
A glossary of terms: profiles, privacy and communication on social media in plain words.
- Questions
Answers about this reference, about your status and profile, and about children and family rules on social media.
Check your profile in five steps
A stranger's view
Log out or open your page in guest mode and look at what someone who does not know you at all can see.
Photos and captions
Scroll through your profile pictures and albums: are there shots that reveal your home, your number plate or other people's faces without permission?
Contact details
Check who can see your phone number, email, date of birth and workplace. In most cases showing them to friends is enough.
Old posts
Look through posts from five and ten years ago. What seemed funny at school may look awkward now.
Login and protection
Review the list of devices that have logged into your account, change a weak password and turn on two-factor authentication.
The essentials in brief
Do you publish collections of statuses?
No. We do not collect or reprint other people's statuses, jokes or quotes. Instead of ready-made lines, this reference explains how to come up with your own without offending anyone.
Are you a social network's website?
No. This reference is independent and not affiliated with any social network or messaging app. We deliberately do not mention services by name and write about what works in a similar way almost everywhere.
Can you help me recover a hacked account?
Only the social network's official support can restore access. We describe the general steps: what to do straight away, what details to prepare and how to protect your page once it is back.
Can I post a photo of a friend?
Only with their consent. Asking first is easier than deleting the photo and explaining yourself later, and from a legal point of view it is also the right way to do it.
About the project
This domain used to host collections of statuses for social networks. The current Pro100Status reference is not affiliated with that site and does not restore its collections: we will not reprint other people's texts and jokes.
We write about running your own page calmly and thoughtfully: what to tell people about yourself, who to open your profile to, how to behave in conversations, how to agree on family rules and what to do if your account is hacked. The advice is general and not tied to specific apps or their menus.
See also
- Guides
Step-by-step guides: how to write a status, choose a photo, set visibility, clean up old posts and agree on family rules. The article catalogue is here too.
- Settings
Settings found in almost every social network: profile visibility, close friends list, photo tags, login history, two-step login and archive.
- Security
The risks of a public profile: location tags, photos of documents, quizzes with personal questions, reused passwords, suspicious links.
- Trouble
Hacked account, your photo posted without asking, a hurtful comment, a fake page, a child posting too much: what to do.
- Questions
Answers about this reference, about your status and profile, and about children and family rules on social media.
Sources
- Federal Law No. 152-FZ on Personal Data (Russia)
- Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Article 152.1
- Social networks' privacy help pages
Legal information is summarised in general terms from the official texts of the laws as of the preparation date. Social network settings and laws change over time, so check the help pages of the services themselves and the current versions of the laws.