MY ONLINE TATTOO (AND MY REAL TATTOO)
I thought a lot about this blog post. How to start it, how to dive deeply into my online presence, and what footprint I leave for an outsider looking into my life digitally as their first impression of me. I have Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Snapchat. That is a lot of platforms to keep up with and scroll through on a daily basis. Like Juan Enriquez stated in his TED Talk, your online presence is like hundreds of internet tattoos. They can be beautiful, but they stay forever. As also a person that has three tattoos, I can attest to that being true. These tattoos are my form of expression, much like my online presence. But once you decide to post a photo, it is out there forever. Much like the ink I decided to put on my body. Someone has it. Forever. And that is scary, scary enough for the 14-year-old to take action in taking all of her social media accounts down until further notice. Enriquez also looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal pri