Peter Gold makes an interesting point in his Myspace - Mydetails - Ornot! post on the Hire Strategies blog, adding another layer of conversation to the debate about MySpace, privacy and the role of the Gladys Kravitz wannabes. As Peter’s posts often do, this one really got me thinking. As my train of thought went from no privacy online to Rupert Murdoch’s recent acquisition of MySpace to CEOs blogging, I made a startling discovery – Rupert Murdoch has a MySpace profile. Looking at it, I wonder if you would give this man a job.
As online persona, personal brand and digital fascism have entered the employers’ screening and assessment debate, true to form, “The Dirty Digger” reminds us – you can’t believe everything you read in the papers, hear in the news or see online. It’s too two dimensional, don’t you think?
Amitai
And on his profile (which states ‘this profile is satire’) he states:
I just bought MySpace.com, soon I will own the rest of the internet.
It may be satire, but also a good reflection of where they want to be! The great thing about this online world, is that it will keep on evolving - who knows who will own what and when; but in the meantime, Rupert’s got 25 million+ profiles to sell.
And still I await the privacy agreement from Myspace.
Peter
Peter, I was writing a counetrpoint to your comment to me in reply to your post when I came across this profile, googling. I started quoting from it - the same line you picked up - when I asked myself: “can this possibly be?” Honestly, I didn’t see any mention of satire although the handle “Dirty Digger” - and the pictures of Uncle John’s hairy bottom - removed all doubt that this was a spoof. Regardless, it is still possible for me to create a MySpace profile in Peter Gold’s name and post all sorts of rubbish up there. What’s to stop me. Identity theft, impersonation, can be just as malicious without me dipping into your bank account. And what about mistaken identities on MySpace. Could it happen? Let’s ask Gladys…
Thanks for the comment.
Amitai