Online reputation is often taken for granted since you can hide behind whatever identity you want.  Many times you will see scammers messing up their reputation, of course they don’t really care about it thinking they can start scamming at other sites since the internet is so wide, for them changing identity is as easy as 1, 2, 3…   But however smart they think they are,  they won’t go very far since scammers always end up getting caught and unfortunately it is after the bad has been done.

Okay,  let’s forget about scammers and move to the actual topic.  According to me, online reputation is as important as conventional reputation, it takes time and trust to build.  Being a member of various online communities myself I know what I am talking about.  Your online reputation also reflects what you are in reality, your way of approaching people, talking to them, making friends and so on though you might find it easier online since you are not face to face to the person you are interacting with.  Many people find it more comfortable to use “nicknames” online but it is most of the time one that fits their personality.  Few years ago I was also using all kind of pseudonyms while chatting mostly but now I use my first name almost everywhere I need to create an account, forums, messengers, etc.

Again just like your real life reputation, once your online reputation is broken, it will not be easy to get back to the same status you were before, keep in mind that behind all the pseudonyms you see online there are real human beings, you will need to work really hard to win their trust again.

I have been thinking about my online reputation and decided to write about it in general terms, take the poll it’ll be interesting for me to know what others think about online reputation.  And I just wanted to add, I know I don’t really have a super great reputation online (I’ve always been a ‘background’ type of person anyway) but I can always say I am the most popular “Rubeina” online (at least that’s what google says), sometimes it feels good to have a rare name.

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