What Do Your Digital Footprints Say About You? | Nicola Osborne | TEDxYouth@Manchester

Digital education and social media expert Nicola Osborne encourages us to tread carefully on social media and consider what our digital footprint might reveal about us.
Nicola leads EDINA’s work in Digital Education which includes working with the University of Edinburgh, and with partner organisations and researchers across the UK, to develop new projects and innovative ideas, some of which go on to become fully fledged projects or services. She is also actively engaged in research in this area with work particularly focusing on social media and digital tracks and traces, particularly in relation to higher education teaching and learning. She is also interested in privacy, ethics and information security around social media and digital platforms. In October 2015 she was included in Jisc’s 50 most influential higher education (HE) professionals using social media in recognition of her previous and ongoing work in this area.
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[@ladyhooten]

It’s 2026, I have no idea the state the world is in... Us in 2021: 🥲🥲 no idea

[@ladyhooten]

If you’re watching this for fun please let me know.... ✌️

[@joshuatelem8796]

Completely disagree with her. People don't follow you on social media to see who they think you are, they follow you to see who you really are. Tailoring your content to fit the narrative of someone else is a losing game, it's not being honest with yourself or others.

[@ladyhooten]

These comments confuse me immensely. 👀

[@joema500]

[@anxie4292]

I climbed out of my head and watched myself implode a thought without a body ought to be the shot to take the load all my brain is poisoned and I’m searching for the antidote but every time I find it my defenses scream oh no you don’t. woAh

[@Limabbean]

YESSSSS! But it's fine No, really I'm fine It’s just a matter of time!!

[@victoriajanes7798]

I'm honestly just curious why you put the lyrics here

[@anxie4292]

Victoria The Wacko because I wanted that to be on my digital footprint

[@victoriajanes7798]

@@anxie4292 Good choice😂

[@baderhabib6606]

when?

[@Sean-yj4ji]

Ah yeah

[@ladyhooten]

something a bit ✨quirky✨ .... I’m n0t liKe oTheR gUUuurLs 😏

[@waeomuncho]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyy o Logan what’s popping

[@jaydenembrey2673]

HI :) I Have no Friends

[@baderhabib6606]

sarat bukhshi

[@camerongennai9692]

I completely disagree with her. When your a young teenager and you post something and ten year later you try to get a job they would not shoot you down because of that one thing.

[@rosee8169]

no its true people have lost job opportunities because of something bad they posted online

[@thedracoashutosh4041]

They might

[@jasonharris4326]

Yes, they would.

[@karlreimers]

Yes- but one should not shy away from the truth. It makes me choke to see the WOKE! Trump Won!