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It isn’t easy to keep a good reputation on the net, because there’s just no general online right to be forgotten. It is a fact that public data, links, or images are found by search engines and can be copied or stored by third parties. Therefore, it is often quite difficult to identify and contact the source of information. A deletion is then, usually, connected with some effort, be it time, nerves, or money.

On this blog we have already discussed many times before, that the demand for a right to be forgotten is quite unrealistic. Indeed, there also is a right to be remembered.

Apart from that, it is very difficult or even impossible to technically implement a right to be forgotten on the Internet. Not to mention the legal interpretation of a globally applicable “right to be forgotten”.  Additionally, there is also the “right to be remembered” on the net. It would certainly be wrong, if a convicted criminal, for example, refers to his right to be forgotten and would wipe away his digital life. Here, freedom of press and public need for information are two important keywords.

What is the solution then?

We must come to the point where users consider what they post on the Internet about themselves or others.

There is no doubt about the importance of a good reputation. It is important for your private life as well as for your job and career. In this context, the Internet can both be helpful and damaging. On one hand, negative information about oneself can hardly be deleted from the net, because there is no right to be forgotten on the Internet. On the other hand, the own professional development can be supported in a positive way with the help of the Internet, for example through appropriate measures of self-portrayal.

But how can you maintain your good reputation? The good reputation is not limited to the Internet, but also applies to the professional life and even to your love life. Regarding the love life, a good reputation certainly is beneficial.

An important statement has been currently made by U.S. scientists, more specifically by anthropologists from the University of Missouri:

„If you wish to have a good reputation, then help more people. Don’t help one and the same person too often.” read more »

Social networks – they don’t always necessarily cost your job, but definitely a lot of time. We are active on the net and chat, write, post, read, inform, comment, like, tweet, pin and whatever else there is. And in addition to contacts, creativity, and a certain desire to communicate you definitely need sufficient time in order to manage and maintain all your presences on the web.

For some of us time is a scarce resource and, therefore, precious. The best solution would be time management, because time is one of the few resources that cannot be recovered. Thus, you should also establish a strategy for your network activities to sort tasks by importance and urgency so that networking won’t become a time trap and you won’t get bogged down in all those different networks and profiles. read more »