I love being a digital girl, conversationalist and social media maven. I look forward to participating and adding value to social communities - be it link sharing on del.icio.us, group chatting on twitter, news sharing on clipmarks, idea sharing on my blog... (the list goes on and on).
That being said, I enjoy my personal life as well. I like that I can share as much or as little as I feel comfortable with, whether it be my views on a political issue or the status of a personal relationships - I have a right to my selected privacy. To me, social media is a professional space where I make new connections, connect others and most of all, learn from others.
I've selected not to talk about my significant other in my social networks. This may seem (to some) to be untruthful, but it was a choice I made professionally. My boyfriend and I have very different passions and careers, and I like being independent of him in my work and online space. This is not to manipulate or deceive my social networking male friends/followers. However, former digital friend @ChuckAdkins feels very differently, which of course spurred this post.
I *met* Chuck Adkins on twitter. I often share my AIM and GTalk handles on twitter, so from there he picked up my username and we talked a little on instant messenger. I told him early on about being involved with someone, as he was always overly complimentary and was messaging me more than most. Then after a couple weeks he stopped messaging me, and I didn't really think much of it. But he did, and sought revenge on utterz and now twitter (click on the image below to view twitter conversation re: me being a "dick tease").
I am not writing this post because I care what Chuck thinks of me. Chuck is a potty-mouth loser who uses social networks to seek-out and hit on good looking girls. He is not the first and undoubtedly will not be the last to do this, but all I have to say is -- Chuck watch what you say online, it lives forever.
