Rec | PI.FYI DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

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pi.fyi digital footprint

its gaining square metres by the second and i’m scared as someone who has essentially no other online existence

@choc_orange

Mar 2, 2025

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@taterhole

Just let it wash over you. I regularly discover new posts I’ve made that are the second to top or top google search result on random things like my favorite Lil B tweet or To Absence by W.S. Merwin and find new things to be embarrassed about every day

Mar 2, 2025

@choc_orange

taterhole i shall compartmentalise it

Mar 2, 2025

@taterhole

choc_orange yes just don’t think about it babe I think if I thought about it I would have to fling myself off of a bridge in humiliation but we can’t be having that

Mar 2, 2025

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taking my last name out of my profile when i realize MY PI.fyi profile is the fourth thing to come up when you google me

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@brendanooooo

Mar 22, 2025

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Bring back fake social media names & info

literally 15 years ago as a kid I was always told to use fake names on the internet to protect my privacy and identity bc your digital footprint can get big VERY quick. As an adult I had a weird cyberstalking situation happen to me and it had me rly reflective on my digital footprint; thank god it’s over, but believe me when I say we don’t need more randos being able to do a google search, and easily be able to find out what city ur in/who you work for/who your friends are

@gemfound

Mar 22, 2025

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periodically googling yourself

Hear me out. Many of us have gleefully chuckled at Timothée Chalamet’s pre-fame YouTube vids, but there’s a lesson in them. His seemingly harmless digital footprint has followed him for years and there’s much fodder in it for us to paw through! I’ve been on a mission to reclaim and tamp down my online footprint for years and one way to measure my progress is to periodically type my name into the old search bar. I was delighted to see books I worked on, articles I’m quoted in, my website, a few obits, and little else. Given that I once had multiple blogs, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, MySpace, and Twitter, it was a relief to feel like I have a more nuanced and controlled image / narrative of my online self. Yeah it’s a little navelgazey, but I’m on the job market and in my 30s, so it makes sense to be on top of this stuff.