Jamal Awil

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They’re like, “Can’t you create a different account, to separate them? [fact]

It really bothered [the company] that there was any entity online where it was me, meaning all of me and not divided. Like they didn’t want to have my title associated with stuff I did personally. They’re like, “Can’t you create a different account, to separate them?” I’m like “This is my name” … they were saying things to me like, “The way you live your life online is an obvious detriment for your career,” and I was like, “No, it’s not,” and they got really pissed. It was two different languages because they couldn’t understand that I wouldn’t have a career if I didn’t live my life online the way I was.

Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, loc. 628