Reputation reputaion oh Iago my reputation.
What has the Internet and its proloferation of blogs, vodeo streams and chat rooms done for people's personal pirvacy and reputations?
An Internet lawyer has written a book on it:
The Future of Reputation: Gossip, rumour and privacy on the Internet by Daniel J. Solove.
Full text of the entire book - .....
Written in an engaging style it is a thought provioking and somertimes challenging read ....
Well chapter one is so far anyway :) :) :)
http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/Future-of-Reputation/text.htm
5 comments:
I didn't get all of chapter one read, but it is interesting! Makes one think twice about what gets said online.
Interesting. I think we all know we say too much in our Blogs but I don't think any of it leaves us open to libel or ridicule hopefully.
That's the whole thing with the "online buddies" or "friends" issue here on Multiply.
I agree; I try to think about what I put in my blog and "restrict" my posts accordingly. Heaven knows I've never been perfect before... and that's why I try not to let too much personal stuff out willy nilly in my blog.
I think most of our posts are pretty mundane (at least until we start talking about in-laws or such), but the *serious* stuff is all the folks over on MySpace and Facebook (and the videos on YouTube), talking trash and telling all the sordid details about what they are doing offline. Reputations are one thing, but I've seen news stories about students being suspended from school, and/or facing charges from stuff they said they did (or had pics of them doing) like underage drinking, setting fires, etc. Cops use the postings and the pics to identify crimes and criminals, potential employers are looking up job candidates (and then not hiring them based on the stuff they are seeing.), lawyers are looking up who they are sueing/being sued by and using it in court, etc. Many people don't seem to realize that if all their associates can look them up, so can anyone else. Thanks for the link to the book Mel, I'm going to check it out. = )
Just food for thought. Yes, Employers are doing their homework, and 'checking out' their employees on YouTube, MySpace and other blog sites prior to interviewing and hiring. Law firms don't interview based on this information. I know for a fact that this has impacted several young people's chances of obtaining gainful employment. Just... a thought. What you say is what you are... (wow, did you hear that taunt in grammar school?) The book does sound quite interesting. Thanks!
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