http://commonthreadblog.com/2010/03/17/identity-in-the-digital-age/ A blog on association success from Management Solutions Plus, Inc. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://commonthreadblog.com/2010/03/17/identity-in-the-digital-age/#comment-48 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:01:56 +0000 http://commonthreadblog.com/?p=125#comment-48 Perhaps “large segments” overstates the case. It’s probably more like “influential pockets”. To a large extent, I agree with you. The fear is mostly within us, but it remains a boundary that some people won’t cross, even though most are not likely to experience any negative reprucussions from being “who they are” online.

]]> http://commonthreadblog.com/2010/03/17/identity-in-the-digital-age/#comment-47 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:13:04 +0000 http://commonthreadblog.com/?p=125#comment-47 Thanks for commenting, Eric! Can I push back a little? What do you mean that large segments of our society won’t “accept” the transparency of an individual who says he/she has personal, professional, political lives, etc. I agree there is fear there, but literally–what are we afraid of? What is going to happen to us if we are transparent in those ways?

]]> http://commonthreadblog.com/2010/03/17/identity-in-the-digital-age/#comment-46 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:35:33 +0000 http://commonthreadblog.com/?p=125#comment-46 Great post, Jamie. “But I also have concluded that I am human and I don’t need to hide that.” I think the reason most people who try to compartimentalize their online selves into separate identities are fearful that certain segments of the world won’t accept them as fully human–entities with professional expertise AND personal lives AND political views, etc. And at our current place and time, I think they’re probably right. That kind of transparency won’t be accepted by large segments of our society.

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