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Are we really all “so much cooler online”?

Started by jacobmorgan · 9 months ago

this is a guest post written by Holly Matson

Resumes, driver’s licenses and blind dates were the only occasions when people could fib about their attributes-before the advent of the Internet. Men could be a few inches taller, women a couple pounds lighter and everyone could have ear ... Continue reading »

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  • Eric Pratum

    9 months ago

    Oh, much cooler for sure. I think of it a bit like the Seinfeld episode, where George's coworker keeps making him the butt of jokes during meetings, and he's constantly thinking later on, "I should have said" this or that. Online, you have time to craft my 'personality' to perfection. You don't have to respond instantly to stimuli or make an on-the-spot first impression, which can be difficult for some in the real, physical world. In the virtual world, you can build up your own ego and persona however you like. . . unlike in the real world.
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  • Holly M

    9 months ago

    Thanks for the response Eric. You make some great points here and George is probably the only person who ever did try to pull some of this in the real world....Marine Biologist anyone? :)
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  • jacobmorgan

    9 months ago

    hey eric, i love that episode :) you can be anyone you want online however overtime if you will exposed if you are a fraud. that being said the online world is obviously much more easy to manipulate.

    thanks for reading and commenting eric
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  • Andy

    9 months ago

    What about resumes? Everyone embellishes a bit on their resume! (admittedly some more than others)
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  • Holly M

    9 months ago

    Haha.....That is actually the first word in the post. People do embellish on their resumes.....and now they have LinkedIn to embellish on their resume and their number of business connections :)

    Never really understood the lying on a resume thing...some companies do actually check...granted I said some...which is probably more like...a few :)

    THANKS for the reply Andy!
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  • jacobmorgan

    9 months ago

    nothing wrong with a bit of embellishment, well then again it depends on how crazy you decide to get with this. linkedin=new online resumes.

    thanks for reading and commenting andy
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  • Kim Woodbridge

    9 months ago

    I guess I'm too old to care if I am cool or not - I'm probably not. Resume embellishment is one thing but it's never occurred to me to be anything that who I am online. Granted, I do have time to craft your words and responses but otherwise I think I'm the same - actually I'm much funnier in person ;-)

    It might be an age thing though - I didn't grow up with social networks.
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  • jacobmorgan

    9 months ago

    kim you are pretty damn bad ass if you ask me :) especially since you are reading my blog!
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  • KCFan

    8 months ago

    Nice article. The quote is by Brad Paisley, however, not Kenny Chesney!
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  • jacobmorgan

    8 months ago

    hey thanks for the correction and thanks for commenting!
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