I'm upvoting this because I think there's an interesting discussion to be had. But I disagree with both the crux and the primary reasons for the argument. A f

I'm upvoting this because I think there's an interesting discussion to be had. But I disagree with both the crux and the primary reasons for the argument. A few reasons. - If we're hiding past indiscretions, that only further de-normalizes having indiscretions. We're already so past-the-fold as far as I'm concerned in terms of how harshly we judge people for history long past. I'm not a believer of "everything should be public" by any means, but the authors examples were unconvincing. I certainly have some silly posts on old gaming forums where if someone doxed me they could find them, and I'd probably cringe a little and shake my head. But that's part of who I was, and I feel mental dissonance at anything past simply accepting that in stride. - He worries about his son reading his tweets. As a son who never saw past his father's "I'm a professional adult" facade, I have a perpetual sadness that we never connected as _people_, that he never let me see past the veil at the flawed and very human man behind the curtain. I can't speak authoritatively on how some other father/son relationship should work, but I can say that for me, a twitter history would have done a lot to humanize and bring me closer together with mine.