Sean Fortney
Introduction
I have always been conscious of my usage of the internet. I originally created my social media accounts when I was in eighth grade, and I have been conscious of what information I have put on these accounts since the beginning. Therefore, I did not believe there to be much personal information about myself on these accounts available to the public. Still, I was curious to see what my data identity was even with the lack of information I had put online. What type of person would a random user of the internet perceive me to be? As it can be seen on the right, a simple Google search of my name does not yield much information. In order to locate more specific information about myself, I believe searches with more keywords will be necessary.
Due to my lack of interaction with various social media sites, I found that my data identity showed a somewhat truthful yet incomplete version of myself, and I was interested to see the amount of information I could gather about myself purely online.
Google Search
When I search my name on Google, I am presented with a wide variety of links leading me to all different people also named Sean Fortney. With a bit of sifting, I was able to locate a few different pieces of information about myself. These pieces of information, at the earliest, date back to my junior year of high school (not including my social media accounts). Some of the links led me to fond memories of the past. I was able to find my old Hudl page from when I played high school football at Brother Rice. However, some led me to some less pleasant memories such as my grandfather's obituary from 2018. However, what these two pieces of information do have in common is that they do not tell one much information about myself, especially since they are both from years in the past. In order to get more specific information about myself, I looked to my various social media accounts to see how I had presented myself.
