Me, Myself and the Cyber World!

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            One of my generations’s most proclaimed and enjoyed product of technology, I believe, is the “internet”. No one can deny how superior an individual can be when he starts to agitate his mouse, move his fingers and type on the keyboard and browse the net. Through surfing the internet, a particular person can unfold plenty of knowledge and information about a certain topic. Most of all, communication becomes more efficient and convenient. People tend to use the internet to maximize and develop past, current and future relationships to other people. Hence, many familiarize themselves into internet communication or what is popularly known as “Social Networking”. By social networking, an individual acquires the ability to connect virtually in a much broader and larger world. Therefore, a person who is actually online, doing social networking or other online activities, reveals his identity to the entire cyber world.

            Personally, I believe and see myself as a humble Lasallian student who studies seriously and works strenuously for the benefit of his family and for his own future. But as I search on my full name and nickname combinations, I discovered that this was not the identity that the internet tells about me. Luckily, as I “Google” my own name and sobriquets, positive things appeared. Matters which portray my interests about music and sports. To be specific, few of my “Facebook” activities were cached by Google! For example, my likes and comments about celebrities like “Boys like Girls”, “Katy Perry” and “Billy Ray Bates” were caught by the no-wonder-amazing site (just charge me the term)! But behind this positive image of mine found through surfing the net, I am a little bit afraid and upset because my whole identity is not properly established. Music and sports are not fallacious to be the representation of my identity, but in my own view, one’s interest is not completely enough to exemplify who he really is. Perhaps, the information about me in the internet simply implies that some people may see me differently from my true identity and looked at me as a person who does not take anything sincerely or earnestly. They may see me as a happy go lucky person.

            I was really enlightened and so from now on, I will improve my online presence by making myself more decent and respectable than before. May it be personally or virtually, I will always make sure that my mind would function primarily before my hands start to smash and press on the keyboard. I will always make sure that I will bear in mind that my actions will always bear corresponding results and consequences. Moreover, the data about me posed in the internet can undoubtedly bring a huge impact in my personal life. Mentioning personal life, it has been said that it is always attached into career. In the issue of career planning and path-trailing, it is inevitable that my future boss or manager will take time to browse my online background and through this, he can uncover my pass activities using the internet. If he ever see an unpleasant, erroneous or a negative matter pertaining to me, there is a great possibility that I will be rejected and considered as not suitable for the job or position I am applying for. Regardless of where I am or who I am talking to, responsibility and decency should always be in my mind in order for me to protect and enhance my mere personality. Prior to that, I must always think before I act because such principle will help tremendously in establishing, molding and honing my most respectable cyber identity.