Talk:Travis Spuller

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The opening of you being a ghost is very interesting and eye catching. I like how you give some explanations on the openness of your online data, because it certainly provides readers background information on this online identity search case. You give a detailed reason for why data brokers don’t have an extensive data about you and to what degree your online identity is in line with the offline you. The issues you bring up, temporality and relevance, are very reasonable, and the arguments you make are very sounding. You also mention the class readings. I just think it might be beneficial to use some sources outside class in your analysis of what you have found and give more details on the search process, for example, what search engines you used and what you tried after finding little information from data brokers.
Jiangqiong(Joan) Liu

Alexa Gillman's Comments:

Overall, I think you did a great job exploring your data identity and describing its authenticity. Your post was well written and engaging. I really liked your introduction because it gave the reader a sense of your personality and how it affects your data identity. It was interesting that even though you are so open online, data brokers still had very limited information about you. I never would have thought that having so many email accounts could potentially conceal your data identity. I liked how you focused your writing on the imbalance of how you are represented online and the ethics of allowing others people to influence your online identity. Your argument was concise and convincing. The readings you chose to support your argument were tied in nicely, and solidified your conclusions. I suggest you add a references section at the bottom to cite your readings. I also think it would be beneficial to add a conclusion about how your findings will affect how you go about shaping your data identity in the future. Nice job!