Pinky on the Plumber

Now that Joe the Plumbler is Joe the Jobless Plumber, my theory that people are increasingly comfortable opining in neutral, facesless media such as THIS is once again supported. I don't think many of us will survive unscathed any level of social spotlight shining on our underbellies, so despite the level of credibility that seems to be being granted to the "social networking" environment, are we really just practicing avoidance rather than neutral anonymity? If we have faith in our convictions; personal, moral, political or professional, has the scrutiny of the media on everybody from celebrities and politicians to the "Joe's" rendered it impossible for us to display our truth images and names in our posts and discourse? A colleague of mine has asked in Twitter whether he needs a more professional photo of himself to accompany his various spots of sunlight on the net......I am tiptoeing around the distinctions between public professional and private persona myself...

Any comments, thoughts, flaming arrows?