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athelind

True Names and True Selves

Nov 16, 2011 05:44

In a response to my post about the Doctrine of "Real" Names, araquan provided the following insight from a Charlie Rose interview with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg:

Facebook COO Sandberg talked about the power of relationship-based networks, contrasting "the wisdom of crowds to the wisdom of friends ( Read more... )

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velvetpage November 16 2011, 22:14:32 UTC

I have two completely different versions of myself online. One is under my real name, and if an employer googles it, I won't care. Ditto my extended family. The other is under this name. There's plenty of crossover, because I'm not good at that kind of compartmentalizing, but to say one is my real self and the other is not is ridiculous. That's like saying your boss has to know what brand of underwear you prefer in order to judge your work competence.