Talk:Ray Bartlett

Rani Woerner's Comments on Ray Bartlett's Online Data Identity Assignment

I found your data identity statement very compelling, especially in the way it was structured. The organization allowed for the piece to flow very nicely, which made for a very compelling read. Your style of writing worked very well for this assignment. I found the language to be both casual and refined. Grammar was overall fantastic. Well done!

I really liked how you provided reflections for all three methods that you used to look yourself up and discussed the information you found on each platform separately. It was very interesting to see how Google, social media, and data brokers differed/were similar in painting your online data identity. Overall, you do a great job of assessing every platform and comparing that online data identity to the “real you.” I think your evaluation is very thorough. One thing that you could delve deeper into in the Google section is the idea that your online data identity might be dated. You touch on this idea in the social media section, but I think it would also be interesting to discuss it in regards to Google. You mention how other than your LinkedIn that was recently made, your Facebook hasn’t been used in over a year and most everything else was from high school cross country. You could maybe discuss how your identity has changed since then and how/if what you found on Google is reflective of the person you are now. Something that I thought could be interesting to add into the data broker section is theories as to why there isn’t much information on you when looking at data brokers. My thoughts are that you don’t own much that’s under your name at age 20, and that’s a decent amount of the information that shows up on data brokers. Again, great job! I really enjoyed reading this!

Comment by David Song

Hi Ray, your digital identity statement was definitely an intriguing read. Sharing the interests that Instagram and Twitter had compiled about you and dissecting them was fascinating to say the least. From my own experiences, I agree with your take that Instagram seems to favors quantity while Twitter prioritizes quantity. I’m also of the same opinion that limiting one’s digital identity in favor of privacy is important and lacks nuance of one’s true character. I thought the section about data brokers was the weakest in your digital identity statement. While the lack of evidence couldn’t be helped, I would’ve liked a more thorough analysis on why that might’ve been the case and conversely, why your parents had differing levels of information. But altogether, I think you made excellent use of both spacing and graphics to present your argument and I’m excited to see how your statement evolves.