Pew Internet Report: Reputation Management and Social Media

A new Pew Internet report focuses upon privacy, social media, and managing your profile; have you Googled yourself lately (Icerocket has interesting blog returns)?

Reputation management has now become a defining feature of online life for many Internet users, especially the young. While some Internet users are careful to project themselves online in a way that suits specific audiences, other Internet users embrace an open approach to sharing information about themselves and do not take steps to restrict what they share. -- Reputation Management & Social Media

This report follows an interesting post by the Distant Librarian earlier this week that featured links to a Facebook Privacy Scanner available from Reclaim Privacy.org.