When people are protected from the cyber world by their screen, people can change. Some may become more outspoken and willing to speak up about issues they would not have talked about otherwise. This leads to a whole other identity for some people; one in real life and one online. I have thought about my digital citizenship before and I think the importance of it is becoming more prominent in society.
Every single person who has ever used the internet is a digital citizen. They create their identities and publish them for the world to see via Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Myspace, etc. These small posts at a moment in time allows people to share an insight into someone else’s life for a brief moment. It allows them to relive or remember a moment that may have been long forgotten. In a way, a digital citizen leaves their life story online, similar to writing a book. They can look back at it any time and reminisce the moments they illustrated online.
However, not every digital citizen wishes others to share their private moments. Some may be involved in illegal dealings or accidentally posted an embarrassing photo online. Everything that is ever uploaded can be found even if it is technically “deleted.” Thus, many people have to be careful about what they say and post. Every person has to bear the responsibility of everything they say and are associated with it in real life.
As you’ve said, I agree with you that the internet is a very important and useful resource for modern day society. All of these social networking websites may come in very handy and link many together via on website. However I think that information that may be considered as TOO private should not be uploaded/ released on to the web since anything that goes on the web is most likely going to appear on another web and spread throughout the internet.
Nice post! i agree with you that internet may lead to different identities to people; it offers chances to people who barely speak up to express their thoughts through internet. at the same time, people should carefully filter information that provided on internet.