I feel quite lucky that most of my digital identity is from my adult life. Social media was only really getting started when I was leaving school and that was just MySpace, mostly used just for music. By the time Facebook came along I was already at least 22. I’ve also been active in a community or public/political sense since then so I think I’ve always been pretty conscious of my digital trail.
I assume everything is public, but don’t restrict myslf any more than I would in real life in public. I feel comfortable expressing myself, but doing so in a way I’m happy for a potential employer, current employer, friend and family to see.
What I like about social media is that it brings all my worlds together. One day I’m plugging my band’s next gig, the next I’m pushing the latst political news I think is important or encouraging people to enrol to vote.
BTW, make sure you enrol to vote or check your enrolment now, you’ve only got a few days left to do so: http://aec.gov.au/enrol/
Here’s my links – let me know if there’s anything I should be concerned about!