Split Personalities: Work and Personal Life Online & Anonymity
Have you seen this men? (Or would you work with them?)
We are defined by those around us.
As our circles of interest and communities collide online, our lives become entangled with one another. It is after all, a matter of perspective. That photo was apart of Movember fund raising.
Over the past three months I have been asked to offer advice on this matter, and more recently I’ve come to see it played out with all sorts of conclusions, consequences and successes. Let’s look at the question and try and break it down:
- Do you censor yourself online?
- Do you have two Facebook accounts — one for work, and one for ‘personal’?
- Do you protect (block) your updates on Twitter from the public?
- Do you put your real name and work information on your blog?
A note on anonymity: If you’re going to say something about someone, put your name to it. See that’s not hard is it? At the time of writing this mUmbrella (Tim Burrowes) echoed my thoughts simultaneously on the matter.
Basically what are we really asking?
