Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media
by jniedrauer on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:04PM
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Having my ideas challenged by strangers on the internet has been very valuable to me over the years. I do wish conversations on forums like this were transient though. It's one of the reasons I really enjoy IRC. I fear that my opinions from $CURRENT_YEAR might come back to bite me someday in the future. I should probably not use my name as a username, but ultimately I think that the BigCorps can resolve usernames to real identities without too much hassle either way.
Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media
by jonfw on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:19PM
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Personally, I've decided that if somebody bases their opinion of of me off of an internet comment I made a couple of years ago- their opinion really isn't worth considering. So I've decided not to care about it.
Whatever stigma exists online with people who have the "incorrect" opinion- I haven't really seen reflected in real life.
The logbook of my opinions is actually really interesting for me to look back on. See how I've reevaluated some opinions, or take a critical look at older arguments that I hadn't considered recently. Of course- I do some sanitation as well, removing certain things that may have been particularly dumb.
It's really healthy to have people challenge your ideas sometimes, which happens a lot more on the internet than in real life in my experience.
And there is obviously some degree of benefit in being a software developer who is tune with his fellow tech dorks.