Essential Questions about Digital Footprints

What is a digital footprint?

A digital footprint acts as a kind of bibliography of sorts on every single thing that you post, tweet, comment, etc. on social media and anywhere online. In other words, a digital footprint acts similarly as a physical footprint. As it shows where you've been/done in the past. This can be used both positively and negatively, which is why you should always be wary of what you post. For example, my friend, who is pretty obsessed with social media, will post and occasionally comment on other people's posts. Her digital footprint is pretty big and can easily be searched by anyone who is on her friends list. I, on the other hand, only go onto social media in order to keep in touch with friends who live in different states and hardly take the time to actually post anything. So my digital footprint is relatively smaller by comparison.

What is the purpose of a digital footprint?

The purpose of a digital footprint is to record what you post, tweet, or comment, for future reflection and reminiscing. Unfortunately, now a days, any one can look through your digital footprint, including future employers or romantic partners. In other words, while in some cases it's good to keep a collection of your memories of your friends and the different activities that you partook in. However, if the events show you in an unfavorable light, then people will, probably, have unfavorable opinions about you. For example, my friend is always on social media and posts regularly. However, she is in the process of looking for a new job and, as such, is careful about what she posts. A picture of her volunteering in a charity drive? She'll keep up for everyone to see. An unflattering picture of her at a club? Probably best if she kept that post private.

The purpose of the assignment is to understand the importance of a digital footprint.

The key question at the heart of the assignment is how can you make sure that your digital footprint is clean?

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