I have wondered a lot about what people would see if they looked at my Facebook photos. I know so many people say, be careful what you put on the internet. And I do. I don’t even put that many things on the internet now, except this blog, which has a certain level of anonymity. It’s clear to those who I have given this link, but I consciously don’t give out a lot of personal details.
But the other buzz issue is about how potential employers surf Facebook profiles to get a look at their future employees. I had been thinking about taking down Facebook photos, knowing that in general, the less I have on the internet probably the better. For instance, in the first half page of my google results, I only see 10 pictures of me. And I can’t really, or didn’t really, do that much about it. It’s just pictures that public places like my university or newspapers have published. I guess that’s just fame…ha.
But in general I want to be careful. But as I was thinking about this, I wondered what pictures I have mostly on Facebook and a lot of them are pictures of myself that I took, the ‘selfie’. Except I was taking tons of selfies way before they even had a word for it. I was obsessed with taking photos of my face. And I loved it. I got to take tons of photos of my face that I loved and I posted them for my friends to see, and they liked them and commented. It was a day when taking tons of self pictures, wasn’t seen as something so mundane. They were special days which I thought, I look really great and I want to remember this.
And so, so what if they see that? I was younger, but I was in love with myself, and still am today. If they see that, fine. I’m okay with that.