Posts Tagged ‘Reputation’

Report: 28% of Those 18 to 29 Never Trust Their Social Networking Sites

PrintSearch engines and social media sites play a central role in building one’s reputation online, and many users are learning and refining their approach as they go – changing privacy settings on profiles, customizing who can see certain updates and deleting unwanted information about them that appears online. A report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project entitled “Reputation Management and Social Media” explores how people monitor and maintain their identity through search and social media. Read more

Unvarnished: The Evil Side of Social Media?

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Unvarnished LogoRemember that time when you had a very vocal disagreement with someone at work, or with a client, and you hoped it would go away and time would heal any rifts or at least neutralize them? Well that might not happen if people were to abuse a site like Unvarnished. Did something not so professional that peeved someone? Messed up a big project? All that information might just appear on Unvarnished, courtesy of some “anonymous” posting.
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