Am I Too Transparent?

In this age of Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, Posterous, Brightkite, Tumblr, Glue, Blogger, and on and on, could it be that I have become too transparent? I know that I am not anywhere near as transparent as some who regale us with tweets and status of the minutia of their daily lives.  I won't go into detail but you know who I mean.

Yet, I do check in on Brightkite which tweets out my location posts and status updates. Yes, my Twitter stream is dumped into my Friendfeed and Facebook status stream updates. Yes, I do have my street address, e-mail address, mobile phone number, and Google Voice out there for my friends and family to access as needed. My parent's feel that this is disclosing too much personal info. I would counter that any good on-line snoop can find out that information about me and most likely more. Why not make it easier for my family and friends to find me, see what I have been up to, contact me any way that they prefer, and remember my birthday? I really can't come up with a valid reason not to be transparent about these things.

However, I do tend to draw a gray line that is most definitely case by case specific. The specifics of my health are not something that I tend to discuss in open forums.  I might allude to something but tend keep the specifics to private lines of communication. I just don't feel that this topic is meant for public consumption as I am not a public figure. In part, I would admit to a bit of fear of potential discrimination. My disease does not define me but I do fear that it could in the eyes of some esp. here in the Midwest.

I also tend to leave my intimate and family matters out of the stream as:

a) most would probably not care

b) I would not subject ya'll to that

c) I would hope that we are allowed some privacy in our lives

What are your thoughts? 

How much information do you share?

Are you even aware of how you are sharing your information?

Do you feel that our society is becoming or has become too transparent?

Namaste,

Mati