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September 24.

My digital footprint

Have you ever done something really dumb on the internet and thought deleting it was enough? I thought that too until I had read about the digital footprint! I learned that my digital footprint can be anything from a news article to someone screenshotting or even your parents posting about you. Your digital footprint can determine if a job will hire you even if it is in the past. Your footprint lasts forever or a long time even after you delete something someone still knows and if they post it, it stays forever until the last person remembers it! You have audiences that watch you like the visible audience which is the people you want to see your post. And you have an invisible audience that is the audience that you don't want seeing your post such as your school or job that can affect you!

Secondly, the way I could apply(or you) this to my current digital footprint is to try and make up for those mistakes, like helping out others or asking for forgiveness/being sorry. More ways I could change or shape it is to not post something that could incriminate me or to make my school or job not want me. Changing the way I have my current digital footprint will help me in the future of my life. Posting less on social media will help me later and to not post my age, address, or full name online so it doesn't hurt me. If I keep doing the way my current digital footprint is, my footprint is gonna seem like a crime scene. This will all come together and prove that your digital footprint is a key role in your life. 

Lastly, If I want my digital footprint to leave a good mark I need to be kind to myself and others. Some ways I can be kind is to not engage with arguments with strangers and instead help them out instead even if they are still going. Helping out others when they are in a tough situation even if they did something wrong is still good, unless it's bad like mocking a dead person(That's rude!) I can be kind to myself by doing stuff that can benefit me and not leave a bad digital footprint. I can do all that stuff now and also in the future, where I can make a good past for my later self to benefit from instead of a bad lasting mark that will hurt me. If I can be kind I can leave a good print but everything bad still lasts.