What happens on the Internet stays on the Internet (for all to see - maybe)

What happens on the Internet stays on the Internet (for all to see - maybe)
Digital Trends ^ | April 3, 2011 | Andrew Couts

Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2011 9:23:00 PM by decimon

NEWS FLASH: Once something is posted to the Internet, it's never going away.

This is a concept that many are still coming to terms with. But it's one that we must all face if we are to make wise choices about what we do and do not post online.

When the issues related to Facebook privacy percolate to the surface every couple of months or so, for example, the most practical Net citizens always offer a bit of advice that the rest of us can't quite seem to grasp: If it's not something you would share with everyone, don't share it at all.

This guiding principle applies to comments, pictures, videos and any other form of media that fits within the confines of this oh-so-popular series of tubes. But what happens when what's shown or said about you isn't within your control?

That conundrum — and how to solve it — is adding fuel to an industry of online image managers, companies that specialize in cleaning up the online you.

According to an article in this weekend's The New York Times Magazine, companies like Reputation.com have begun to make a killing by wrangling the vast and unwieldy details that have begun to plague Internet users.

Services like Reputation, whose tag line is "Make the Internet reflect reality," have long been used by celebrities or Wall Street bankers who hope to keep bad press from soiling their 'good name' in a Google search. At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, one banker reportedly spent $10,000 per month to maintain his online image.

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