--Originally published at TC2027 – Blog will Tear us Apart
The first step on Rebooting a Digital Life is to understand the trouble. I’ve decided to treat this first step as an interview, here I ask some core questions to understand the situation.
For privacy reasons let’s call her P. Stratton, woman, 21.
What do you think about digital reputation?
People should be aware of their personal image and how they show themselves to the world. Usually people are not aware of the impact of what you say or do online to your real life flesh and bones.
Your current persona is not constant nor available. Why?
Sometimes I see posting on social networks as a waste of time. So I try to focus more on my daily life tasks or agenda instead of being constantly into social media.
Why did you shut down some of your networks?
I thought that shutting down some of my networks would help me concentrate more into my important tasks. I started to get overwhelmed by having to update each of my social media.
Why do you consider your current digital persona a mess?
I had two stages in my social network persona: the one that didn’t take into account building an image and just posting whatever I find interesting and the one that was aware that the past social networks should be refurbished. My social media was time consuming so later on time I figured out that disappearing was a better option.
You told me you have cyber-stalking troubles; what happened?
While in Europe, someone I met in work and befriend him on Facebook started “blackmailing” me. At first, we started flirting with each other and started hanging around. Everything was fine until I noticed he was a violent and insecure person and a manipulator as well. I thought that getting away from
