CIL 2009 Day 2 - Social Network Profile Management

Four panelists gave 4 mini-presentations on the issue of digital identity and web 2.0 services. Some of the important points that were made multiple times were to have a consistent username/email address across services, if possible, to be authentic with your profile information and how you present yourself, and be sensible with what you put online. One interesting thing that came out in the Q&A at the end of the presentations was the repeated observation that trying to maintain a private identity and a professional identity separately almost inevitable ends in failure as the two eventually merge. It can be important to recognize this fact so you don't put information that you wouldn't want available to co-workers on a private profile. Information leak is almost inevitable.