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Personal Digital Identity vs Professional Digital Identity

This blog topic has given me a lot of thought. Among the digital platforms I currently use to expand my professional network, LinkedIn stands out as the most useful. Other social media platforms are more for personal use; I don’t use them with a professional mindset, and my posts and daily sharing don’t seem to aim to project a professional image. I believe LinkedIn is a ready-made platform. Its unique existence allows users to showcase their professionalism, such as their resumes and past work experience, when registering an account.

When expanding my professional network, I think resumes, education, and work experience are all factors to consider. We can amplify past challenges and experiences to enhance our expertise in a particular area. I believe educational background, such as specific experiences in our major, is most useful for professional networking. Other potentially influential factors include hobbies and skills.

Regarding employers evaluating my digital identity, I think their reaction will likely be that I enjoy sharing life’s challenges and actively seeking solutions, and I’m willing to use the internet to learn new skills. I believe that in today’s world of advanced technology, not using the internet to learn new content and skills would be a waste of resources. And I’m also someone who loves life and is positive and proactive.

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PLN & Digital Identity

We live in an era of technological explosion and the prelude to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The widespread adoption of AI has also changed my perspective on digital identity. In my view, digital identity represents us online. Previously, a digital identity was simply an account, but now, with the development of the internet, the metaverse can also be considered a form of digital identity. Therefore, I see our current digital identity as a replica of ourselves in reality—like transferring our will online as data. This is what digital identity is: expressing preferences and likes, showcasing ourselves to people and groups outside of real life, making friends, working, and so on.

PLN, on the other hand, is a branch that extends from digital identity. As digital identity becomes more widespread and developed, it will attract people from thousands of miles away to become close friends online, just like in the real world, thus expanding into PLN. PLN stands for growth and learning, and this is based on the Internet society.

Nowadays, everyone likes to share their happy moments and trivial matters in life through social media. This has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, people tend to uphold justice and fight crime, such as police stations helping ordinary people, and donations can be made to strangers. On the other hand, the opacity of digital identities can lead to information inequality and promote phenomena such as fraud and cyberbullying. Therefore, it is more like a double-edged sword.

Digital identity is controllable for me and has helped a lot. For example, I sell second-hand items on Facebook and buy things I need from others. I don’t want to expose too much to strangers on the internet, so my social media accounts, except for the content on my homepage, are all within the scope of privacy. So I think this largely satisfies my desire to share and participate in social media while protecting myself and reducing risks.

These are my thoughts and opinions on PLN and digital identity. Leave your comments below and let’s discuss and see how our perspectives differ. Thank you for reading.