Can We Learn About Privacy From Porn Stars? - NYTimes.com
Jared Sperli stashed this in life
Stashed in: Privacy does not exist., Pr0n
Yes, there’s a paradox here in that I willingly engage in work that reduces me to a few sexual facets of myself but expect to be seen as a multifaceted person outside of that work. I participate in an illusion of easy physical access, and sometimes the products associated with that illusion — the video clips and silicone replicas of my sexual organs (seriously, and they’re popular enough to provide the bulk of my income) — do, in fact, exist without attachment to a person with free will or autonomy.
But this same lack of context is something any of us can experience. It’s what happens when any ill-advised tweet or embarrassing Facebook picture goes viral. Ten years ago, I would have judged people over the course of several conversations. Now I evaluate them based on a few snippets of their social media presence. Whether you portray yourself as a professional sex symbol or a morally upstanding member of the PTA, we all do this kind of self-branding now.
You have to make sure each social media snippet represents you on its own.
Or give a way to people interested in you, to see more of who you really are (want to be): personal website(s), messaging possibility ...
7:53 PM Mar 08 2014