Comments on: Digital identity http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/ This is my blog. Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Valerie in San Diego http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Valerie in San Diego Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:10:10 +0000 http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/#comment-563 I have a bit of trouble with this myself. It's pretty blurred, because my name is all over "the googles," so I don't really have any privacy. But I do have a blog that is mostly read by people I've never met, and I prefer it that way. It won't hold up over time. I censor myself pretty heavily online -- in specific ways -- anyway. I am all too aware that your age-17 ramblings about virginity can stick around on the Web until you're, say, 44. So if I had anything negative to say about any person, job, relationship or situation EXCEPT myself and the situations I create for myself, I wouldn't say it online. Then again, I probably talk about myself a little tooooo much. I have a bit of trouble with this myself. It’s pretty blurred, because my name is all over “the googles,” so I don’t really have any privacy. But I do have a blog that is mostly read by people I’ve never met, and I prefer it that way. It won’t hold up over time.

I censor myself pretty heavily online — in specific ways — anyway. I am all too aware that your age-17 ramblings about virginity can stick around on the Web until you’re, say, 44. So if I had anything negative to say about any person, job, relationship or situation EXCEPT myself and the situations I create for myself, I wouldn’t say it online. Then again, I probably talk about myself a little tooooo much.

]]> By: wil http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-561 wil Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:16:22 +0000 http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/#comment-561 I've actually gone the opposite direction recently. I stopped blogging under my full name and started a new blog just using my first name, because I had begun to feel a bit too self-censorious. But if you're comfortable with your level of privacy/exposure, I can see the benefit of blogging openly -- for one thing, you don't have to keep track of your fragmented identities/self-imposed privacy settings, you just write...it's all you. I’ve actually gone the opposite direction recently. I stopped blogging under my full name and started a new blog just using my first name, because I had begun to feel a bit too self-censorious. But if you’re comfortable with your level of privacy/exposure, I can see the benefit of blogging openly — for one thing, you don’t have to keep track of your fragmented identities/self-imposed privacy settings, you just write…it’s all you.

]]> By: kelly http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-559 kelly Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:26:03 +0000 http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/#comment-559 Oh, I have two blogs because I think my boss reads the main one and it gives me a chance to talk specifics about what annoys me at work. Sometimes I go on a link-spree and put everything in one place and then someone creepy says something creepy and then I take it all apart again. Oh, I have two blogs because I think my boss reads the main one and it gives me a chance to talk specifics about what annoys me at work.
Sometimes I go on a link-spree and put everything in one place and then someone creepy says something creepy and then I take it all apart again.

]]> By: bureauista http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-558 bureauista Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:29:06 +0000 http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/#comment-558 Yeeees, but in your line of work it pays to be considered 'open', I guess. It's good that you have that freedom. Yeeees, but in your line of work it pays to be considered ‘open’, I guess. It’s good that you have that freedom.

]]> By: Thelemic Waves http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Thelemic Waves Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:23:31 +0000 http://bureauista.com/blog/2009/08/digital-identity/#comment-557 I yam what I yam I yam what I yam

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