Give how quickly false information can spread (and information in general), it's a good thing too to know whether someone really is a journalist or that really is the company's official account. And that's why accounts get verified.
You leave a digital footprint. No matter how well you believe you cover it all up.
While it's certainly important to know and even try to understand, public opinion should be but one very small consideration when thinking about our role in, and relationship with, the world.
