Talk:Alissa Ebenhoeh

Alissa, I really enjoyed your work. I found that your humor transcended through your avatar and you took plenty of creative liberty when writing this. I especially found it funny when talking about how your aunt ‘steals’ your pictures and posts them on her own account. I found that you had an excellent amount of concrete evidence that you provided in your work. Also I found that you were realistic about how you use Facebook (or rather don’t use Facebook) because of how your audience has shaped your activity.

I think your article could be stronger by adding in more about ethical considerations. You could expand on how tailoring to a certain audience is against what you believe in. Another angle would be explaining how it might be unethical of your aunt to take your picture and post it without your permission. Also your conclusion is strong however I think you could elaborate more on how you “still keep coming back”. Why do you think you like coming back? Do you find satisfaction to know that you can look at your friends’ posts? This would make it stronger and more reflective.

Overall I thought this was a strong Avatar article, great work! –Andrew

From reading your Avatar profile analysis, it seems you are such a positive and happy person. While reading your piece, I felt I could definitely relate to looking back and seeing Facebook not only as stroll through memory lane, but a virtual representation of maturation within a person. I also really enjoyed the way you titled paragraphs in a humorous way that made the article an easy read. The overall tone of your reflection was light and yet you did a great job at thinking about what went into your Facebook activity.

I would have loved to hear your thoughts on deleting pictures off of Facebook. You mentioned that you are infamous for untagging yourself on pictures...do you think that takes away authenticity from your online profile as you are curating what people see and think of you? Is it ethical to only show the "good" and hide the "bad"? I also wonder what is it that changes the frequency of how much we post as we get older. Like you said, that you have taken a more 'mom' type persona online that for the most part only posts life events or inspiring posts. Why do you believe that is? Is it external factors like knowing family has access to these posts or is it more internal? - Lisa Gomez