Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors

Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @10:00PM (#19793887)

So much this. I don't really want my work, my online life, and my family to collide very much, but within each sphere of general influence, I want to be able to reach out and interact with people fairly openly. The best way, of course, is to carefully curate different identities online, but that feels dishonest at times and can be problematic on occasion.

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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by frutiger on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:02AM (#19794445)

> The best way, of course, is to carefully curate different identities online

Doesn’t this only work if all your interactions are online? Otherwise your family might meet your colleagues at your birthday party (or whatever you might celebrate).

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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by tremon on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:09PM (#19798487)

No this works offline too. For example, I would think that my friends have the decency not to talk to my grandmother about my sexual preferences, even if the two happen to meet at my birthday.

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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by frutiger on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:05PM (#19804252)

But if you hold your boyfriend’s hand during your birthday your grandmother would probably wise up to your sexual preferences.

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