Opinions On Internet Reputation

If I want to work in programming apps and selling them but also enjoy creating esoteric satirical content that many people would take litterally, would that give me bad rep if I don’t associate my hobbies too much (app development vs entertainment)?

I think I may be giving off the message that I’m crazy in my videos when it’s satire.

Am overthinking this and should just go with my haurt or do I have to be really catious? I want to be true to myself and what I enjoy doing yet I don’t want to offend people or make them think I’m not right in the head when my content is not aimed at them.

Are people too casual on the internet to care about if they like what you do, in regards to anything other than software development. This is a unique situation as most xojo forum members won’t understand my content.

Thanks

If you are asking if prospective employers will Google you or look up your Facebook and judge you then the answer is yes.

Not particularly employers but customers. Would customers have a more laidback aproach and judge on the product rather than your unrelated hobbies.

It’s kind of sad because I have passion for it and especially sad considering my biggest influence passed away and I wanted to prove myself to him and continue his legacy.

People buy things from people they like.

If you are a polarizing character you will naturally limit the number of people who “like” you.

I would say both. I think that you’re over worrying, but also I do show some constraint when posting things via accounts that customers are easily likely to find.

One thing we’ve found that is that a vast majority of people who buy apps via an App Store (At least the Mac App Store), do zero research, including reading the text and reviews. At one point one of our apps had 1 star, while a competitors suddenly jumped from 2 stars to 4, yet we still sold bucketloads more than them.

More experienced customers will do their research first; but chances are is they’ll look for independent reviews of your application as opposed to satire you publish.

I’d recommend your creating an internet “persona” for your fun stuff, taking care that it is not easily traced to the “real” you or your real name, and keeping it as anonymous as possible ( ie: things like separate and “fake” email account if email cannot be avoided ).

Peter has it right.
Ive spent years trying to explain to the kids that ‘the internet is for life’
Nothing goes away… so its better to have a persona NOW that you can distance yourself from later, than to be yourself , controversial, and then try to live it down later.

If thats not practical, be a person for the fun, be a ‘business name’ for the business.

Thanks for the advice. I do try to distance my real name.

[quote=257605:@Jeff Tullin]Peter has it right.
Ive spent years trying to explain to the kids that ‘the internet is for life’
Nothing goes away… so its better to have a persona NOW that you can distance yourself from later, than to be yourself , controversial, and then try to live it down later.

If thats not practical, be a person for the fun, be a ‘business name’ for the business.[/quote]
Good advice to give to your kids.

Sam, I am curious how you can get the sales figures of these guys.

I can’t get exact figures, but we were high in the ‘Top’ ranking and they were down low… Until they went FREE…

Oh, I see. Rats…

There is still some truth to the “you get what you pay for”
If you’re getting some killer app “for free” then there’s something else you gave up - personal information, it plays ads at you, it gets to use all your stuff license free (Facebook) or something else

Follow the money - its there somewhere