tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849059.post1195270712663287279..comments2007-07-22T15:30:45.041+01:00A Consuming Experience : Privacy, anonymity and your name on the NetImprobulusBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849059.post-32533856908866092932007-07-22T15:30:00.000+01:002007-07-22T15:30:00.000+01:00Dr Sue, sorry I didn't mean to leave it this long ...Dr Sue, sorry I didn't mean to leave it this long before replying. <BR/><BR/>Not on proofreading but more generally on this subject, I decided to update my post at the end about something I should have added earlier, in terms of the possible positive side effects of blogging, though that won't work for the vast majority of us!Improbulustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849059.post-81014014191906036512007-07-09T03:11:00.000+01:002007-07-09T03:11:00.000+01:00To be honest, I often don't proofread as well as I...To be honest, I often don't proofread as well as I might on blogs. I spend much time on and off examining postgrad works and I have to be so very precise that when I come to a different media I tend to flop and relax :) The errors generally arise when I change the text and then don't see an associate work remains errant. Ah well...Dr Suetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849059.post-13169557915382342092007-07-08T18:40:00.000+01:002007-07-08T18:40:00.000+01:00Thanks for your interesting comments Susan (yes I ...Thanks for your interesting comments Susan (yes I did wonder about "successful because people"!!).<BR/><BR/>I agree about the sorts of things that an employer would be better served to look for when investigating a potential employee - indications of how they interact with others and handle difficult situations, as you said, rather than drunken pics (that example was given by Lucy Kellaway).<BR/><BR/>And I also agree that when you write online you have to assume the world will find it and read it. That is why I use pseudonyms! Even so I try to be careful, but like everyone else I've suffered from errors of judgement even when while hitting Post or Publish I knew inside it was probably a bad idea...Improbulustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849059.post-89436191535996308932007-07-08T05:20:00.000+01:002007-07-08T05:20:00.000+01:00And I also own the typos or incorrect grammar phra...And I also own the typos or incorrect grammar phrasings as equally :)Susan956tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849059.post-27722566235529056772007-07-07T17:12:00.000+01:002007-07-07T17:12:00.000+01:00Hi.. I read this piece with interest. I completed ...Hi.. I read this piece with interest. I completed a major research project on social life online for my PhD several years ago and what I found then was that a) the social network of online ('chat' at least) is smaller than one thinks and b) much evidence existed to suggest that many people, include here successful because people, don't perceive aspects of online as 'real'; thus, they suspend their judgment and usual aspects of protecting self.<BR/><BR/>I came across a business man who had posted an ad on a relationship site including photo - and photo in his own office I might add. He was married. I posed to him the danger in having the image present as it was. Initially he thought me crazy and was annoyed at my challenging him. Eventually he took the pic away; I suspect reality and potential outcomes kicked in.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, if I was out to hire employees I would not focus so much on net searches that revealed that they may have (for example) exposed themselves in some online boozy shot, but rather how they dealt with others interaction wise on blogs and so on. How did they deal with rudeness, attempts at control, intellectual challenges and so on? Did they attempt to encourage discussion? If they did so did they focus only only on the opposite gender or did they talk to both? If someone asked for help did they attempt to address the question? Did they graciously concede an error?<BR/><BR/>In terms of the former example I consider the problematic as not just confined to the youth market - although I concede the probability that this latter demographic will tend to stand out via sheer numbers et al.<BR/><BR/>In terms of the issue that I raised I believe this works across all age groups. I've had a recent blog experience observing two young men and one I consider outstanding and would consider hiring; the other I would not hire.<BR/><BR/>When I post online I compose with the view that everyone or anyone in the world will read it. I am, with limited exception, absolutely prepared to stand by my comments. On the rare occasions I let loose with an errant comment it's generally because of a moment of bad judgment and being emotional or something. I have to own that.<BR/><BR/>But if I had offered the same expression in a letter..it would be fairly useless knocking down the door of the post office to ask for my letter back! :) I have, two or three times across the years, asked for a post to be removed but I must admit that deep down I knew as I hit the submit button it was NOT a good idea to have said what I had. It was good grace that acted to remove. If it had been published I would have no-one to bite at but myself.Susan956