My mum found my twitter?

[Hannah]

Ok so on twitter i have a few thousand followers, and ive had it for about a year without my family knowing cos i dont want them stalking my page. But somehow my mum found it and said to me 'its ridiculous you dont need that many followers' saying how i dont know who they are etc. but on twitter i thought you were allowed to follow people you didnt know? Plus she done this with my facebook a while ago and thats the reason i dont use it anymore. Shea really annoyig me, just wont leave me alone. What do i say about the twitter thing?

[?]

She's trying to protect you - the number of stalkers on social media who prey on young girls is astonishing (or not - but it's a big problem). If you want to stay on twitter, ask your mum to follow you, so she'll know there's no problem. Always on the presumption that there isn't, of course. That should reassure her.

[RedOktober]

How old are you? The age you are matters regarding how much attention you pay to your mum. It sounds like your mum doesn't know much about Twitter or how it works. As long as you are not posting stupid things which could get you into trouble either now or in the future (just think a few years along the line and your prospective college/university is reading your Twitter feeds and how you would feel about that - if you'd feel embarrassed then don't post it is a good rule to go by).

Reassure your mum that you are not posting irresponsibly. Tell her that you will block anybody who trolls you or sends abusive texts, report them to Twitter and tell her what's happened. That should chill her out.

[RedOktober]

She's just minding you don't worry

[raisenetteslover]

That's a momma! I don't know how old you are but she's just worried about you. Sit down and talk to her about knowing the dangers of any social network and explain to the best of your ability why you go on such sites and why you enjoy it. Prove to her that you're not being irresponsible in anyway. Then theres nothing wrong with it. She's probably extremely worried now because you hid it from her and usually when someone hides something it's something bad. In her eyes it's the equivelent of lying to her and doing something behind her back that you should'nt be doing. She's probably hurt as well as worried. So you should talk to her about it because now she probably will "stalk" you even more now because she wants to know what you're hiding only because she loves, cares, and worries about you. You need to set her mind at ease. Even sit there and go through your twitter with her and assure her there's nothing to worry about. If you have things you don't want her to see then I suggest you delete those things before you show her and try not to post anything else you wouldn't want the people closest to you to see. But if you're willing to do that not only will that bring y'all closer together but also it builds trust within the relationship and with trust she won't need to "stalk" you and give you the privacy you want. Moms will always worry no matter how old you are and they're always a bit nosey too. Trust is huge in any relationship. Sounds like you need to work on a better relationship with her and that helps build more trust between the both of you.