Talk:Cooper Anstett
Comment #1:
Hey Cooper,
I really enjoyed reading about you and your Facebook experience. The section about Self Representation as an Artist was very eye-opening. Social media is a very large marketing tactic for musicians wanting to share their music across the globe. One reason being it is free, and another is the ability for the artist to tailor the message to their liking, and finally the overall portrayal of the artist’s image is controlled by whoever is running the social media account. Also, I think that is really cool that your artist page is verified on Facebook!
It seems to me Facebook is much more of tool than a social network for you, making connections to further your music endeavors. For example, your connection with Donovan Frankenreiter seems like a very special experience, and it happened because of Facebook.
In contrast with me, I use Facebook to connect with family and friends, and much less using it as a marketing tool. Keeping in touch is a big reason why I have kept my personal Facebook. If it were to become obsolete or those around me stopped using the service, I also would stop using it. In my opinion, these sites should continue to remain a secondary form of communication.
Hearing you say that eventually you plan on deleting your personal Facebook and extending it only to your fan page is not surprising. If you have too many accounts for people to reach you at, some may question the legitimacy of each separate profile, rather than having one profile that is verified for all to see (like you do).
I believe you did a very good job on your Facebook avatar. It does a great job depicting how you portray your real life through your social media experiences, and how you attempt to keep your personal life off of social media. The theme of privacy is very apparent in your piece and you put forth a great effort explaining your standing on Facebook. If I were to critique one thing, it would be varying the sentence length and adding punctuation to make it flow better. These however, are minor edits, and do not take away from the quality! Nice job!
-Blake Schewe
Comment #2:
Overall, I thought your first draft was great! While I have enjoyed reading everyone's varying points of view about Facebook, I found yours to be one of the most intriguing based on your status as a musician - and one who is juggling multiple pages that both represent you individually. To me it was incredibly interesting to learn/read about how you have been balancing being a fairly private person and having to be reasonably public/open/personable in order to promote yourself as an artist in the modern world. For some I think this is a lot easier since they are already immersed in the world of their online persona anyways so transitioning into band/artist mode is no problem - just outputting different types of content.
The most authentic part of your post, to me, was the Self Representation as an Artist section. I totally respect how sure of yourself you are in your goal of portraying yourself as true as possible to who you are in "real life." I don't have any personal experience but I imagine that it would be really difficult to not go above and beyond in exaggerating who you are/what you do to gain followers simply to promote yourself. I think you realize that in the long run, fans - strangers or people you actually know in person will appreciate this far more than any alternative behaviors you could take part in and that came through in your writing. When you go out into the world to perform, people will already have an idea who you are based on social media and that will hopefully match what they experience being around you in person.
Despite your statement that you feel negatively about Facebook, I appreciated your acknowledgment of some of the features that you find positive or allow you to be true to yourself. This includes Facebook Mentions and the anecdote about Donavon Frankenreiter.
When it comes to editing this draft, the main thing I would suggest is a quick run through to do a spelling/grammar check. I just found a few things that were incorrect or could use a little work (i.e. "...treat there fan page... in the Artist Embodiment section/"I enjoy sharing who I am with people in person, but through Facebook is something I don’t enjoy doing" under Self Representation as an Artist). Other than that I really enjoyed reading this - I found it very personal and honest to your feelings about Facebook. Even when they didn't align with my own, you were able to persuade me/at least provide evidence so that I could empathize with your arguments. I liked how in your conclusion you mentioned your future with the site and how you will probably delete your personal page soon - maybe some more expansion in that are could be interesting.
- Emily Reitzel
