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I agreed with you except for >that's no way to live. You know it's still well within the range of possibility to live a healthy, fully actualized life without

I agreed with you except for >that's no way to live. You know it's still well within the range of possibility to live a healthy, fully actualized life without a named online presence, right?

quotemstr 7y ago
> You know it's still well within the range of possibility to live a healthy, fully actualized life without a named online presence, right? It's possible, sure. But why should anyone have to hide like that? It's the principle of the thing: an ordinary person shouldn't fear for his livelihood just because he exercises his right to speak in public.
- cortesoft 7y ago
  If someone is posting publicly that women are intellectually inferior and shouldn't be allowed to work professional jobs, you think this should have no effect on their job? You think they are going to leave those beliefs at the door when they go to work? You think women who work for this person are going to be evaluated fairly? If someone does something in their personal life that shows they would be unable to do their job, it is entirely reasonable to have that affect their employment.
  - leereeves 7y ago
    First I'd want to be sure someone was actually "posting publicly that women are intellectually inferior and shouldn't be allowed to work professional jobs". Sometimes people post something completely different and it gets twisted into something like that that's obviously offensive but isn't what they said. In much the same way this report twists the meaning of every tweet.
  - wolco 7y ago
    So you want to force this person to work for themselves and be responsible for hiring. Maybe putting your company out of business and ensuring his viewpoint continues. I think you give the person a chance and use training if a problem exists.
  - itronitron 7y ago
    If the company genuinely cares about not hiring people like that then they will read up on the job candidate before interviewing them. Passing this off to a 3rd party service basically just shows that the company doesn't really care about knowing any of the people they are hiring.
- wolco 7y ago
  Why should you hide your real name? Because no one would hire you because you don't seem perfect. Employers are looking for perfect and the real you isn't perfect. No one is. Some people do seem perfect but they only show you a piece. You want the world to accept all of you and the world is pretending to be something else.
  - bcrosby95 7y ago
    Yes. You should have multiple online personas. I certainly do. I have accounts for video game stuff. Accounts for warhammer miniature painting. A "general bullshit" persona. And a professional persona. The professional one should be squeaky clean.

I agreed with you except for >that's no way to live. You know it's still well within the range of possibility to live a healthy, fully actualized life without a named online presence, right?

quotemstr 7y ago

> You know it's still well within the range of possibility to live a healthy, fully actualized life without a named online presence, right? It's possible, sure. But why should anyone have to hide like that? It's the principle of the thing: an ordinary person shouldn't fear for his livelihood just because he exercises his right to speak in public.

cortesoft 7y ago
If someone is posting publicly that women are intellectually inferior and shouldn't be allowed to work professional jobs, you think this should have no effect on their job? You think they are going to leave those beliefs at the door when they go to work? You think women who work for this person are going to be evaluated fairly? If someone does something in their personal life that shows they would be unable to do their job, it is entirely reasonable to have that affect their employment.
- leereeves 7y ago
  First I'd want to be sure someone was actually "posting publicly that women are intellectually inferior and shouldn't be allowed to work professional jobs". Sometimes people post something completely different and it gets twisted into something like that that's obviously offensive but isn't what they said. In much the same way this report twists the meaning of every tweet.
- wolco 7y ago
  So you want to force this person to work for themselves and be responsible for hiring. Maybe putting your company out of business and ensuring his viewpoint continues. I think you give the person a chance and use training if a problem exists.
- itronitron 7y ago
  If the company genuinely cares about not hiring people like that then they will read up on the job candidate before interviewing them. Passing this off to a 3rd party service basically just shows that the company doesn't really care about knowing any of the people they are hiring.
wolco 7y ago
Why should you hide your real name? Because no one would hire you because you don't seem perfect. Employers are looking for perfect and the real you isn't perfect. No one is. Some people do seem perfect but they only show you a piece. You want the world to accept all of you and the world is pretending to be something else.
- bcrosby95 7y ago
  Yes. You should have multiple online personas. I certainly do. I have accounts for video game stuff. Accounts for warhammer miniature painting. A "general bullshit" persona. And a professional persona. The professional one should be squeaky clean.