Matt Mullenweg Quotes

Social media should be a true sense of who you are.

I have a rule that I won't Google my own name.

We all have personal brands and most of us have already left a digital footprint, whether we like it or not. Proper social media use highlights your strengths that may not shine through in an interview or application and gives the world a broader view of who you are. Use it wisely.

I'm not big on looking up myself. I don't get Google alerts, and I don't look on blogs.

I just believe that whatever I post should be my content.

Well, I have never, ever Googled myself.

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.

I've never Googled myself on the Internet.

There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.

I swear on everything holy I do not know what's on the Internet about me.

Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as well be a press conference.

Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand.

I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your 'voice' is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices.

I was informed yesterday that there's a Twitter account for my laugh. Very hard to get used to things like that. Pretty amazing.

I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is.

Creating a representation of yourself for the Internet stopped making sense when we were all on phones and connected everywhere.

We're all creating an archive of our own lives, whether we're aware of it or not.

I have a private Instagram and an official one, so I'm not opposed to social media.

By Googling myself, I'm not going to find anything I like.

I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.

I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.

A lot of people have put their lives online and are using MySpace to manage their social lives.

I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur.

I am pretty anal about not crazy Googling myself, and searching. I am sure there are all kinds of horrible things being said that I am not aware of.

You don't cruise the Internet looking for your name and walk away with a good feeling. So, I never do it.