Individual transparency

This page considers individual transparency (which is distinct from organizational transparency) both online and offline. Individual transparency can lead to things like having stalkers (that one can befriend) and being harassed. It can also inspire people, give you a tight feedback loop, or lead to serendipitous discoveries.

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of making information about oneself available online through for example smart phone apps and social media posts?—question inspired by Sebastian Nickel’s Facebook discussion (linked from the question).

Advantages

• Transparency is also a meta statement that roughly says “yes, you can share this stuff with other people”; this can be good for getting feedback from a wide array of people (e.g. if you ask someone for feedback, they can forward it to others without having to ask you for permission, since everything is public anyway).

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