My Name is Tiffany Scott Maddox, I'm a Social Media rockstar with a passion for comedy, the web and great communities. I also like cats, Chris Morris and snacks.

20th August 2010

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Online Integrity

Hola,

So I know you live for my blogs and since I haven’t contributed one in a while I thought I’d go right ahead and fill you in on the happenings of my life. You are excited, don’t pretend you’re not.

Now, this is where we have a dilemma, to some extent I’m really very open on the internet but I’ve started thinking about how this effects my actual real physical life. Obviously if you follow me in any way shape of form you’ll know I’m an opinionated, stubborn and often self indulgent young woman with a penchant for foul language and hedonism. I make no secret of the fact that I like to drink lots of wine and dance to Lady Gaga and I don’t think I should ever really hide that. Yes, I suppose all of this is open source and potential employers could be put off, but I don’t think I really want to work with and for people who are put off by a bit of personality. I keep thinking about moderating my so called ‘online presence’ but the web is my playground and I’d hate to have to constantly second guess everything I tweet/blog/vlog in case someone gets the wrong end of the stick. At the end of the day, if someone has the right credentials and is professional enough to not allow their private life to affect them in the work place then it’s pointless taking someone’s facebook account etc into consideration before you hire them.

This isn’t to say that employers have been put off by my activity on the web, but it’s food for thought. Censoring myself or selling out have never been on my agenda. I make videos because I love the online community and connecting with people. Not because I want to cash in on it some day. When people email me to tell me that they feel like they know me because of my videos, that makes me feel all lovely and warm inside. I’d rather that, than making videos to order, cutting back on my language and waiting for a few pitiful google cheques to come in.

When someone asked me why I started making videos about myself and my life rather than anything else, I said “I had nothing to give, so I just gave them me”, and I really hope that I continue to do that.

:)

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