Talk:Kevin Jensen

This is an interesting approach you've taken here with the timeline (a play on Facebook's timeline?). The hero's tale idea is pretty cool, though I would have liked to see you take that even further. Maybe having some pictures that are fantasy/medieval-related would add to the theme. I also think it would've been neat if you had titles for each year, like "2008 - An Immature Adolescent", or something probably more interesting than that. It would help to give some cohesion to the years and to make it more into a story.

I was a bit confused when in 2011 you said, "It seems as if he may be transitioning away from showing his true self through the use of Facebook." Earlier you had said that you rarely posted on Facebook in the first place and that you "hid information about yourself". So it seems like your Facebook has always been inauthentic in that regard. I find it interesting that when you first started on Facebook, you were posting statuses and liking things, but these actions weren't particularly telling of yourself. And now you rarely use Facebook anymore. That's an interesting distinction. Why has that been the case? What has motivated you (or de-motivated you) to stop posting? Personally I agree with your ideas that only close people should know your personal information, but I'm different from you in that I still post and share things on Facebook (that are mostly irrelevant to myself). I'm curious to know why you don't post at anything at all, even if it's not about yourself.

There are some editing mistakes such as """Kevin Jensen""" not showing up correctly and a double space between the 2008 entry and the 2009 entry.

Overall, I think you took a cool view on the assignment, but I think you could've done more with the hero theme since it seems to gradually disappear as you read further into your entry. Also, instead of writing a lot of facts such as "In ---- year, Kevin told all his friends what sports team he likes" and "Kevin rarely posts on Facebook", I want to know your specific motivations behind these actions.

-Sharon L

I thought it was very interesting how you thought about stalking yourself on the internet. It's no secret that companies have gathered information on Facebook users and then bought ad space accordingly. I think you can learn a lot from stalking yourself on the internet. I liked the layout of the analysis as well especially the chronological ordering year by year. The dividing up of the information makes it look very professional. I also enjoyed how easy it was to read the analysis since it's written in a familiar tone. I think the analysis feels more authentic when it's written in the first person. I thought some information might be lacking since you are only talking about your Facebook use as years go on. If you can make another section that talks about each element of your Facebook account, I think the analysis would be more complete.

Alex Wu