Comments on: Scaremongering at the Symposium?

By: Sin�ad

Sin�ad — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:29:28 +0000

That’s a great observation – Generation Google won’t be alone, they’ll all be in the same boat. It won’t have much of an impact in that case!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:05:24 +0000

Hey, great piece.
I was at the talk too. it was interesting enough but I agree with you about the scaremongering.

Waving mobile phones around and saying you can be tracked down at any moment is a little OTT, not to mention that type of tracking is illegal. Enemy Of The State is a great paranoid example of how these things could work in the future, but obviously don’t now, otherwise there would be the intelligence to prevent war (interesting oxymoron)

The other thing I thought was that “Generation Google” are all in it together. (I’m in my thirties so I don’t qualify.) You will ALL have the same kind of digital footprints in 20 years time, they’re saying it is a bad thing, but it hasn’t been tested, so, who knows. To be honest I’d love to be able to look back now at a blog I wrote in my late teens….they were some good times.

Also you are bang on about contextual ads being infinitely better than random ones.

By: B'dum B'dum

B'dum B'dum — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:39:19 +0000

Yeah exploited, but not so overloaded that I shoot out like a wet bar of soap.

I doubt any actual travellers have blogs.

I’m the sort of idiot that is 100% honest in job interviews… so the internet wouldn’t affect that a lot unfortunately.

By: Sin�ad

Sin�ad — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:42:52 +0000

@ B’dum B’dum – Do any niche’s still exist online? I would have assumed most of them have been exploited already. I must agree with you about people getting paranoid, I’d rather the free enjoyment too.

@ Pat – Thanks for your comment. I love that “wrong employers” line, I think I would fit firmly into that group.

So far the poll reads that 64% of people (that’s 7 out of 11) DO care.

By: Pat Parslow

Pat Parslow — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:41:27 +0000

Nice blog post.

Thinking of the trail left by the Google Generation (ugh, useless term, imho) is it necessarily negative? No, it isn’t. I know people who have gained job offers through parts of their trail. And I have heard quite a few people (students, just entering the world of work, but with their sights set high) who have decided they would rather be their authentic selves online, and if potential employers don’t like it then they *are just the wrong employers* – a sentiment I rather like.

By: B'dum B'dum

B'dum B'dum — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:50:21 +0000

50% are under the age of 19?
How come I’ve hardly seen any of these.

Does this mean I cannot say I’m “probably Ireland’s best rurally based blogger under the age of 19 that predominantly writes about supermarkets”?

I’ve lost my niche.

Have to say I don’t really care; most people get really paranoid about this yet have no problem with tesco clubcards and the like.
I prefer the huge enjoyment I get from free things on the internet as opposed to the .1cent for every 10 euro spent on that other scam.
I’m aware the internet has a lot more access and all… but still… meh.

By: Clunky Flow » “I’ve got nothing to hide” and other misunderstandings about privacy

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:53:00 +0000

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