Nate,
I'm not sure how you are using the word constraint here. Perhaps you
refer to the self-constraint to limit your online communication, knowing
that your future employer may be watching. Certainly the issue of privacy
is a serious one and we should all be aware that the words we type here
are available for anyone to find for any purpose in the context of any
search activity. We can choose to impose strict self constraints,
electing to hide who we are and what we stand for, or we can cast our fate
to the wind in this electronic glass house. Most of us will select a
prudent path somewhere between these two extremes.
Martin R.
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Nate Schmolze wrote:
> Martin,
>
> I agree. I think the internet has an important infrastructure. I guess
> what I was trying to get at was like any medium or activity there are
> serious contraints. It is not all instrumental in that the internet is this
> tool we use for A or B, but that it transforms us and our activity in
> central ways. For example Star and Bowker mention in their book that as
> part of the interview process they did a search to find if the applicant had
> a webpage. The search came up with a lot of stuff including various
> postings to newsgroups. Now, when we search for a job do we want all our
> newsgroup postings to be part of the public record. We seem to be very
> aware of how the internet assists action, but what about its contraints.
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