Comments on: The effects of blogs to online reputations http://floggingenglish.com/2008/08/13/the-effects-of-blogs-to-online-reputations/ Too close for missiles; switching to guns.... Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: retsoced http://floggingenglish.com/2008/08/13/the-effects-of-blogs-to-online-reputations/comment-page-1/#comment-480 retsoced Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:08:11 +0000 http://www.floggingenglish.com/?p=571#comment-480 <p>There's a lot to think about. Overall though I think this is a very small niche of people who would be more than marginally effected by such an incident. I can't imagine that there are many tradesmen who would do an extensive or even cursory online search of a potential employee.</p><p>As a group, the online community seems to forget how little the general populace knows or even cares about the happenings of these circles. Of course this is radically changing as kids grow into the work place, but I still don't think it's as pervasive to others as it is us.... How many people do you know that have ever been caught <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>egosurfing</strong></a>?</p> There's a lot to think about. Overall though I think this is a very small niche of people who would be more than marginally effected by such an incident. I can't imagine that there are many tradesmen who would do an extensive or even cursory online search of a potential employee.

As a group, the online community seems to forget how little the general populace knows or even cares about the happenings of these circles. Of course this is radically changing as kids grow into the work place, but I still don't think it's as pervasive to others as it is us…. How many people do you know that have ever been caught egosurfing?

]]> By: RadRoj http://floggingenglish.com/2008/08/13/the-effects-of-blogs-to-online-reputations/comment-page-1/#comment-481 RadRoj Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:12:32 +0000 http://www.floggingenglish.com/?p=571#comment-481 Very interesting. I read Jeremiah Owyang's article also, and a lot of very good posts in the comments. It most certainly gives you something else to think about, especially the outing of your personal information and the invasion of your private life. Very interesting. I read Jeremiah Owyang’s article also, and a lot of very good posts in the comments. It most certainly gives you something else to think about, especially the outing of your personal information and the invasion of your private life.

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