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Josie Magness

9/10/25

My Digital Footprint Essay

From our presentation on our digital footprint I have learned that everything I do will always follow me. This encourages me to make good decisions on my social media and on my own devices. Your digital footprint can protect you, but also be used against you. For example, if you put something on social media saying that you were going somewhere specific at a certain time, and someone is there and tries to hurt you it is technically your fault. If you wouldn’t have posted that, no one would have known where you were, keeping you safe from all the creepy people who are just searching for trouble.

I have also learned that with our digital footprint it will never go away. Even if you delete the video or pictures because you realize you shouldn’t have done it, it will still save to your digital footprint showing you took down a post. After learning about this my brain clicked and added a filter.  It encouraged me to always think before I acted. I always think about it before posting something, but this added more knowledge and thought to my actions.

Finally, your digital footprint can be used by your parents and teachers too. If you were to keep cyberbullying someone on your phone and on your school computer, your digital footprint could really help to just show that you did something really wrong. For example if you kept emailing someone and were saying mean things about them, it would be more than easy to just pull that up through your school's admin. Also if you do that on your phone or ipad your parents have access to all your search history, text history, and post history thanks to your digital footprint. This should be a wakeup call to all bullies.

In conclusion this shows what I learned from our digital footprint presentation. After learning these things they will be in the back of my mind whenever I am on my phone. I can apply the things I learned to my life by thinking before acting. If I do this I will never have to come face to face with my digital footprint. I can be kind to others on social media now by leaving nice comments on peoples posts and never post anything wrong. This shows what I learned with my digital footprint and what I can do to have a positive footprint.