“I think it’s a matter of being as responsible about your social media presence as your personal presence,” she said. “Not being on social media raises questions about legitimacy, popularity and hipness,” he said. “In the long run, removing 100 percent of references to yourself from social media is highly improbable,” she wrote in an email. Get rid of social media and you will have more time to do other things, Mr. Mendelsohn said. The internet and social media have provided platforms where “everybody’s unintelligent ideas are flying in circles like mosquitoes around the digital campfire,” he wrote.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 09:11 UTC