Comments on: Internet Schizophrenia

By: Dear Web, Who should I be? | Justin Your Mind

Dear Web, Who should I be? | Justin Your Mind — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:42:21 +0000

[...] But is that fundamentally a problem? Being so easily accessible. Weren’t there simpler times when you moved out of your home town, you knew you’d never see or know whatever happened to those people. For better or worse, people are now all up in your shit 24/7. And don’t think for a minute that we all assume people from the past come with a nostalgic intent to rekindle a friendship – they’re being nosy. Just like we ‘friend’ people because sometimes, on rare occasions, we want to know who they hell they are dating. I’m just saying. Double-edged sword. (GenPink knows what I’m saying.) [...]

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:40:05 +0000

My rule of thumb is just to not post anything online I would be embarrassed to have anyone know or see. Pictures of me making weird faces or having a few drinks? No problem. Everyone does it. If someone’s going to judge me based on that kind of thing, I probably don’t want to work for them anyway because I’m a bit of a goof.

If I have some extremely personal to talk about, I call or IM a friend to talk about it one-on-one. It helps me keep my truly personal self offline and it also encourages me to maintain relationships.

By: Adam Gainer

Adam Gainer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:29:36 +0000

Hey,

I wrote a post about this not too long ago. I think with the modern advancement of technology and us putting ourselves out on the web we just have to be careful about what we put.

I have many friends off line that I hsare my private things on facebook with. I use a lot of privacy protection, you have to realize though that anywhere you work for they are going to google you and facebook you. I think a delicate balance between the two is what is called for, while social media allows the proliferation of information it’s up to us to control this information.

Personally I feel like people should know me and my work since the two are in similar styles. I don’t mind people I consider “professional” contacts facebooking me and have found it’s been beneficial in most cases.

Ultimately it’s all about controlling what you want people to know about you.

By: Therapeutic Ramblings

Therapeutic Ramblings — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:28:24 +0000

I was struggling with this too….and then I decided that MySpace and Facebook were for friends, and LINKEDIN was for work. Problem solved!

By: TOPolk

TOPolk — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:21:11 +0000

I’m a fan of the limited profile move when it comes to professional contacts. There are some things I don’t want making their way back to the workplace.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:11:41 +0000

If you’re not who you are, who are you?

By: Tanja

Tanja — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:15:44 +0000

yeah, I think we all think about this because we want our professional and personal lives to stay separate, that’s why we don’t party with our bosses Friday night either.
PS Who’s that lovely girl standing next to you, haha!:o)

By: Ginger

Ginger — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:02:17 +0000

For me, it’s not so much a concern about what my professional contact might find, or having something to hide. I just wonder–there are professional things I’d like to talk about and personal things I’d like to talk about…does it make more sense to not subject the two groups to the full mix? Do my blogging friends care about my thoughts on marketing in this retail environment? Do my marketing contacts care about my gift-giving angst?

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:48:53 +0000

I have to say i agree with Kaci. For me it’s mainly a time issue. It is not efficient for me to keep up with all the accounts I already have so making even more just doesn’t seem worth it. Generally I’m not putting things out there that I”m embarrassed of or want to hide from anyone. If I did want to hide it, it shouldn’t be on the internet. I think we all feel the need to publicize everything and some stuff just doesn’t belong and it’s unhealthy to feel we have to put it all out there!

That’s just my personal thought though.

By: The Modern Gal

The Modern Gal — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:15:19 +0000

I definitely struggle with this. I have a lot of business colleagues trying to friend me on Facebook, which I set up as a personal thing. Anyone with my company sees a limited profile, but others that I interact with on a professional basis, well, they just see the whole thing b/c I have no way of limiting their access as a group. Fortunately, I’m not to worried about the opinion they may draw from my profile. On Twitter, I maintain an anonymous identity, so only people who know me through my blog or close friends are able to find me. I like it better that way.