New ways to manage your data in ChatGPT

You wake up one morning and decide to have a quick check of your Facebook messages, only to find hundreds of unread messages in your queue. You are not alone. The majority of peopleI spoke to who use ChatGPT say this is something they experience often. Especially after the Cambridge Analytica news came out, people realised the importance of reading their messages carefully.

Here are just some of the things you may want to check:

Monitor important updates

If you use Facebook messages to keep in touch with friends and family, you will want to make sure you are aware of any major changes that may occur in your life. For example, if you're going to be travelling abroad for an important event, you may want to check in with friends and family to see if they're free to come and see you or if there are other events that you may want to attend.

You may also want to make sure you're keeping up-to-date with important world events, such as the current state of politics, global warming, natural disasters and more.

Organise your personal life

If you use your Facebook messages to keep track of your daily personal life, you may want to organise your messages into different areas to make finding them more convenient. You may want to use labels for different areas of your personal life, such as ‘Work' ‘Family' and ‘Friends'.

If you have a lot of messages to be checked within a short amount of time, using labels can make a huge difference. For example, if you use your Facebook messages to organise your personal life, you may want to create a ‘Christmas' label and stick all of your Christmas-related messages in there.

If you use emails to keep in touch with friends and family, you may want to consider using a tool like ChatGPT to help you stay organised and on top of your correspondence. After all, you can't be expected to read through hundreds of unread messages every day. Especially when some of them may be old messages you've already replied to. So by using an email tool such as ChatGPT, you can avoid this kind of situation and make sure your friends and family always have your latest messages.

Use artificial intelligence to make your life easier

AI is helping us do more and more every day – from taking our photos to suggesting perfect replies to those emails we've just sent. If you use AI software in your daily life, you may want to consider asking it to help you manage your Facebook messages. For example, if you're finding it hard to keep up with the massive amount of unread messages in your queue, you may want to ask the AI software to scan your messages for important keywords and phrases so you can read them more easily.

Some AI programmes are even capable of creating email threads for you, so you don't have to go through each individual message to find what you're looking for. This can genuinely help to increase the speed and reduce the amount of time you spend on busy days managing your social media feeds.

If you frequently come across the same keyword or phrase within your messages, you may want to consider using a separate email account solely for these messages. This can help prevent the information within them from being collected and used by third parties (such as Cambridge Analytica).

Keep your personal information safe

As we've established, your personal information is valuable to those who want to steal your identity. This is why it's so important to keep it safe. If you use your Facebook messages to store your personal information, you may want to consider using a different email address for that. Or, at least, make sure you're not using the same one as you post on social media sites.

There are plenty of secure and trustworthy services out there that you can use to maintain your personal data. If you're looking for a tool to keep your personal information safe, check out these alternatives to Facebook. Some of them even allow you to create secure emails where you can store documents, spreadsheets and more.

Make sense of your digital life

We're constantly bombarded with messages telling us how to use technology, how to keep up with the “digital trends”, how to stay “relevant” and how to engage with our audience. So, how do you feel about all this? Does all this messaging make perfect sense to you? Does it seem relevant and helpful, or are you feeling confused and overwhelmed?

If you feel like you're constantly being “tricked” into thinking and doing things that aren't necessarily good for you, then it may be time for you to take a step back. Instead of letting tech companies and social media influencers dictate how you need to use technology, it's time to think for yourself and use the tools that make the most sense for you.