Just a quick note to let everyone know about the great writeup of ClaimID and OpenID over at Library Journal. Written by Michael Habib, this comprehensive piece takes a look at the challenges of online identity.
MySpace, Facebook, and other Web 2.0 tools led TIME to name you, yes, you, 2006 Person of the Year. With such notoriety, you might want to see what your online identity says about you. What do potential employers and friends find when they google you? When was the last time you googled yourself? What impression do your MySpace profile and YouTube videos leave? Your blog? What do other people say about you? How much control do you have over what is written about you on the web?
Fred Stutzman is a doctoral student, researcher and teaching fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science. He studies how people use social media.
I think a blog tells quite a bit about yourself; however, it can attract stalkers or creeps …
I have three blogs and no one really visits them unless I tell others the website and invite them to participate.
I’ve never tried MySpace nor FaceBook because I don’t want to attract creeps. These are more for teens in my opinion.
That’s sort of the point of a blog…and I think I’ve met way more creeps in real life then online ;)