Talk:Isabell Astor

Allyson Rosenzweig: Isabell - I enjoyed reading your post and the metaphor you portrayed. I think you did a great job adding a persona to your writing by acting like your own stalker and proving that if you wanted to stalk and find information about someone, you could very easily. Your article has a very ominous tone that reflects the topic you wrote on so I applaud you on that. I think you also do a good job tying in the readings with your piece. However, one suggestion I would tell you to make your writing even stronger would be to provide a contrast to your real life. How is what you found online and the method you took to stalk someone related to your actual relationships in real life - your neighbors in reality? And since you feel so strongly about this being a murder waiting to happen, how come we all agree to have online profiles and so absentmindedly create them without analyzing these consequences?

Huymin (Dustin) Lee: Hi, Isabell! This was my first article to read after I wrote mine, and it was absolutely astonishing! I really like how you were generally super skeptical about providing your own data online, mentioning that it doesn't really give social benefit but rather creepiness - I totally agree because I started off with that thought too. As an international student I barely had any information about myself online, as opposed to what you have found with your legal name which made me super interested while reading through the entire article. With simple curiosity, did you attempt to use data brokers such as Acxiom or Instant checkmate? If you did provide your legal name and some information to Professor Conway, did you get any results back from him? If so, what kind of data did you earn? Or if not, what do you think is the reason for not having any back? As Professor Conway mentioned in class those seemed to be quite authentic and if you could provide some information about that as well, it would be really informative to me as well as a reference. Overall, great job!