
<p>Chances are you have some kind of digital footprint. Maybe you're on Facebook or LinkedIn, or you tweet or blog or share pictures on Instagram. Or maybe you resist social media and limit your screen time, but worry you're missing out on something or falling behind the times.</p><p>Whether you embrace or abstain from digital life, you may not be immune from a uniquely contemporary reality: There are social pressures and etiquette dilemmas that come with spending so much time or even not spending much time online.</p><p>Email Shame And Online Peer Pressure</p><p>My story begins with a confession: I still have a Hotmail account. I've had it for ages, it works fine for me, and I just don't want to give it up. But I have email shame. Every time I send something from my Hotmail address, I cringe, knowing it looks laughably outdated.</p><p><a href="http://www.wbur.org/2013/02/07/digital-lives-iv">Keep reading...</a></p>