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I understand your desire for privacy. And I think it's relatively achievable while maintaining an online presense. Of course the most successful individuals on the net you can point to as big personalities and identities. I do think to achieve that level of notoriety and influence, you need you have a very strong, and somewhat exposed online personality.

For just, what I'd call, regular online success, I don't think you need to be as exposed.

I've always been very aware of my online presence and exposure. I tend to be a private person, so I limit my exposure to my professional business. I don't talk about my personal life, and don't actually use facebook except for actual person connections. My twitter, on the other hand, is pretty much only about things that relate to my work life.