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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHow to Leave a Cool Digital Trail in Case Your Partner Gets Famous
Callie Beusman
Today 11:45am
... STEP 2: PICK A MEDIA-FRIENDLY ARCHETYPE
... If you say, "I'm happy with my boyfriend and my career and I love to take hikes," the Internet will probably say,"YOU ARE UGLY AND YOUR CAREER IS STUPID AND I HATE YOUR SMUG INSTAGRAM OF THE MOUNTAINTOP."
Thus, it's important to stick with an online persona that works. Think of it as sort of inverse Catfishing: you can use all of your own information and photos, but instead of your real personality (i.e., the woman who once ate a hot dog bun out of a trash can during a party because there weren't any snacks) you should use one that is better and cooler and crowd-pleasing.
Here are suggested personae:
... The Free Spirit With a NSFW Blog: If you're going to go for this, you need to truly go for it. You need to lead the kind of life in which people always say to you, "You are such a Jessa from Girls!" and you reply, "What is Girls?" while one of your breasts casually pops out of your silk kimono ...
... If you say, "I'm happy with my boyfriend and my career and I love to take hikes," the Internet will probably say,"YOU ARE UGLY AND YOUR CAREER IS STUPID AND I HATE YOUR SMUG INSTAGRAM OF THE MOUNTAINTOP."
Thus, it's important to stick with an online persona that works. Think of it as sort of inverse Catfishing: you can use all of your own information and photos, but instead of your real personality (i.e., the woman who once ate a hot dog bun out of a trash can during a party because there weren't any snacks) you should use one that is better and cooler and crowd-pleasing.
Here are suggested personae:
... The Free Spirit With a NSFW Blog: If you're going to go for this, you need to truly go for it. You need to lead the kind of life in which people always say to you, "You are such a Jessa from Girls!" and you reply, "What is Girls?" while one of your breasts casually pops out of your silk kimono ...
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How to Leave a Cool Digital Trail in Case Your Partner Gets Famous (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
OP
"Like, for instance, one time LinkedIn told me that my boyfriend's ex-girlfriend was looking
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#2
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. I'd become invisible.
STEP 1: DELETE ALL SOURCES OF SHAME
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struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)2. "Like, for instance, one time LinkedIn told me that my boyfriend's ex-girlfriend was looking
at my profile, and I then Googled myself and realized that she was also probably watching the Vine I took of my rabbit gnawing on a tampon while sitting in her squalid litter box"
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)3. Oh no!