Online Reputation

Often a person is judged on how they act in different situations. Back in the day, people only had to worry about their reputation locally, but now that online reputation is in existence you could be destroyed nationally if you are not smart about what you post. According to Google's definition, reputation the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. http://bit.ly/1jQ5LMg Of course, online reputation is the same, it just pertains to your online activity.  People that are not very active online usually don't have much to worry about, but there are some people that just don't understand that there should be limits when online.  They don't realize how much people are tracked while online and that nothing every really gets deleted. 

Anything you post online, especially through your social media sites, can make or break your online reputation.  If you post a bunch of pictures of you partying and drinking, people may be led to believe you have a drinking problem which can tarnish your reputation online. Potential employers may not hire you if you complain about your current employer because they may think that you are a pessimistic person. You also have to consider who your online friends are and what they post. You may monitor the stuff you post to maintain a good reputation, but one of your friends may post something inappropriate that could change your online reputation.  For example, I had a friend that posted that she was sick and apparently called into work.  The next day she returned she got fired because her employer didn't tolerate lying.  When she checked, her friend had tagged her in a picture that was the two of them at a concert the night she called in.  She really struggled finding a new job because of how she lost the one she had.

There are ways to "fix" you online reputation. People have hired companies that are designed to clean up your online reputation. The link is a story about an Army General that had his reputation damaged after he bullied his staff. http://nws.mx/MBrwlh While I am not sure how much something like this would cost, I would think that it is not cheap. I don't know about you, but I would rather spend my money on something different. There is also plenty of websites that help you discover what you need to do next if you noticed that your online reputation has fallen.  Searching online reputation on Pinterest pulled up many different charts, pictures, and websites that give you many ways to check, manage, and change your online reputation.  I will share my favorite I found on there even though it is designed for a corporation because I feel it is still filled with great information.