Modern Dilemma
--- What to do when StudMoose wants to be your friend
All those forums where you have to create a log in with username, password, and then get to provide an avatar. So for some reason you want to discuss the Bears and Packers and you decide to become BoondocksBob72, just to add your insightful comment. This creates two issues. The first is how do you remember all the login names and passwords you create in your online lifetime. The second issue is what happens when you insult RabidRedneck66 with your scathing sarcasm. This is especially pertinent when you discover RabidRedneck66 is your 6' 5" 285lb neighbor, who drinks, and has never liked you much anyway. You quickly find you would rather not have your facebook profile tied to your BoondocksBob72 avatar. It is good to remember at some point in time, when you least want it to happen, your online identities may merge.
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Images found googling for Rabid Redneck and Boondocks Bob - ones I could post
Everyone thinks they can be discrete in their online life. Of course, you are sure the time you called someone a homophobic, racist, cretin it was all in good fun. A jest, a light hearted debate meant to enlighten other free thinkers like yourself. Those ubiquitous mobile devices with cameras will never catch you drunk, dressed inappropiately, or with your arm around the wrong person. There will be a divergence of readers at this point - the older generation who will say I'll never do that, I won't join anything, I may never use a computer at all, and the majority of people who will be an online person and think they are in control. Young people are more open about sharing their lives, my mother would not think this is a good thing.
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