There is a common recommendation to minimize your online presence when it comes to the part of your personality that does not involve professional skills, because there is a risk of being eliminated from the job pool. This recommendation, in my opinion, can be limiting and damaging because it puts unreasonable constraints on your creative expression and the right to be authentic and spontaneous through whichever outlets you choose.
Present-day professional expectations of how the candidate should be seen have a discouraging factor because of their stifling effect. Don't say this, don't do that, don't be publicly YOU under normal circumstances... To be able to land a reputable job, you must have a professional presence at every turn, or else...
As a result, recruiters have a high risk of bringing on board someone featureless. There is only so much that you can grasp about a mysterious, reserved, and well-behaved new hiree. Not that it is not important to have good manners and exhibit respect toward your surroundings, but there will always be some grey area, something that is not fully understood and that later may take everyone by surprise, sometimes an unpleasant one.
However, if hiring managers have a generally sober understanding of who they are hiring, based on the candidate's both: professional skills and personal peculiarities, they will most likely bring on board someone who would fit in professionally and culturally. Personal peculiarities may divert one employer, but attract just the right one in turn, who receives your personality well, and maybe the kind that brings the exact values and vibes that they precisely need in their company.
Of course, it would be wise to moderate your public presence that does not represent you from the professional side, but completely removing it just for the fear of being weeded out from the candidate pool is a little personal betrayal.
...How far should one go to create a perfectly acceptable social profile?
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