Note: There is a relevant question at the end of this, I promise, but feel free to skip to the end! 😅
We're all holding multiple identities (or roles) at any given time, such as friend, parent, child, employee, content creator etc., and we're constantly swapping between them.
It's something I've struggled with over the last few years. The tension for me comes from the need to balance my roles as community member and as an academic researcher. Will I be judged by my academic peers for sharing meme-laden posts? Would my fellow community members be bored or even mistrustful when I share updates about my research?
These questions are hypothetical as I basically stopped using social media for quite a while after starting my PhD!
It's only since joining Just About and engaging with everyone in the community that I've thought about starting again, but now there's an extra role to consider. Will my social posts on my personal Twitter/Instagram/whatever be seen as representing Just About?
So here's my question for you.
Do you feel you're balancing various roles or identities online, and how do you go about managing that? Would you prefer everyone had a single consistent identity online, or does the ability to represent yourself differently hold value?
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