Thursday, July 24, 2008
R.M: initial thoughts
I didn’t fully process how much the establishment of R.M would impact my presentation to the world. In particular I find myself gravitating toward a unified (but not necessarily holistic) version of myself rather than sneaking around with all these different slices depending on where I am online. This applies not just to original commentary on my site and links, what to what I say in comments around the Web (that link back to R.M.), online profiles, etc. Strangely, the unifying feeling—the heightened sense of accountability—has resulted in less stress. I worry less about whether someone will Google-link all the different versions of me and instead give more thought to what I say in any particular corner of the universe.
On the other hand, there is the concern that the online self devolves toward a vanilla, flacid, overly narrow version, especially if you’re young and trying to establish some sense of credibility in the world. Just another part of the game.
