Monday, 3 June 2013

Are we judged based on who we are on-line?


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 I think it is fair for people to be judged based on whom they are on-line to some degree. For the most part, I don’t think people should be judged from on-line behavior. Someone could be thought to be a jerk or really funny based off their on-line material, but when they are in person they are completely different. Maybe that person who was thought to be really funny has no people skills so it never shows. Also, most people won’t get others inside jokes. If a guy was to tweet “I <3 @mybestfriendwhoisalsoaguy” just because they are really good friends and someone was trying to find background information on that person and knew nothing else about them, reading that tweet could lead them to believe that they are homosexual and could possibly misjudge them if they are homophobic.
            I do think that people should be judged by whom they are on-line to some degree. Who you are on-line and off is still a life characteristic. Someone can’t expect to have a good reputation in they are a complete douche bag. Plus, if someone always updates their status and tweets about wanting to party and going to party and then see pictures of them hammered, it would probably be safe to assume that they are a party animal, possible candidate for alcoholism.
            All in all, people shouldn’t get completely judged off of who they are online, but who you portray to be on-line is usually at least a hint of who you are in person. 




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1) http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-07/work/32408632_1_social-networking-sites-online-profiles-linkedin

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