5 responses to “Online overshare: the personal rep pitfalls”
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Minding your p’s and q’s
Many moons ago someone walked into my office and asked me where me shredder was. I replied that being Scottish I had a much cheaper alternative – I never said anything that I regretted enough to want to shred it.
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This is something I’ve been wondering about for a while: the personal brand, somewhat like Hugh’s ‘global microbrand’ (see gapingvoid.com).
People spend ages building an online reputation (brand), which, like a brand, can be pretty badly damaged by one or two thoughtless comments/posts/articles.
The internet does not forgive (or forget) easily.
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Thanks for the comment, Shaun.
I think that by building your own presence online you can make the situation less precarious. If you are building up positive content and good connections with individuals and communities you are effectively building an insurance policy against personal error and even slander.
Just like a organisation or a brand’s reputation, people can build their own equity online simply by having a live presence in that space.
And it also means you have a stronger voice to answer back should your good name be threatened.
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You are what you write? I write therefore I am? There was a similar story on a podcast I caught recently (non-searchable so I can’t remember the source I’m afraid) about a comment about an individual made by a third party suggesting an individual “had inhaled” which explained the sleepy look in a Flickr picture – and the individual is now concerned that future employers are discrimating against a potential drug user.
One could suggest that the responsibility for putting your information and image in the public domain lies with the individual – but in reality we just need both the readers and the posters to grow up a bit and realise that some of this stuff is real, some is malicious and some is plain old practical kidding. -
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