Difference between revisions of "Talk:Jan Konarzewski"

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Peer Comment #1:

Jan,

To start, I thought that the introduction paragraph of your avatar was helpful in providing some background information on avatars, specifically relating to Facebook in this online context. I found it easy to follow your avatar, as you introduced events incorporated in your Facebook page to suggest that 1) you are a student at the University of Michigan and 2) you are involved in aquatics. I feel that you could have expanded a little bit further here, by explaining what this means about how your Facebook identity is portrayed to others.

I thought it was interesting how you explained how "Likes" are not necessarily that important of an aspect that one should follow when looking at people's Facebook avatars, as they are not often fully depictive of the truth. I thought the part about your profile pictures was good to include, especially relating to tags and other photos of you and your friends on Facebook and how they represent your online identity. However, I feel that you could have taken this a little further and expanded on how these photos and tags effect your Facebook acculturation...

I liked your example on how Facebook does not know when your "true" graduation date is, because you have not updated this information on your Facebook profile page. What does this say about activity and involvement on Facebook? Do you leave certain details out or "make-up" certain things to protect privacy/anonymity? I also enjoyed the pictures you included and thought that they fit well with the text in your autobiography, although some of them were small and hard to see (may be wiki's fault?).

Overall, I thought your avatar captured your Facebook identity well and explained to the reader your degree of involvement on your Facebook page in a third person point of view!

-Neel Sikand

Jan:

I liked how you used events to analyze and reflect identity. That didn't even come to mind when I was writing my avatar, but now that I think about it the events that someone actually attends could represent who they are . I think you made a good point regarding the appearance of your attendance in the events "Michigan Water Carnival" and "Michigan Water Polo Game." I think it carries a good amount of weight in reinforcing your interest in aquatics on your Facebook profile. One thing I feel that you are lacking is comparing the avatar to who you are in real life. I was a bit confused because you would explain how someone could assume a fact from an element in your profile, but then state that we can't actually assume it. I was only confused because I wanted to know if the assumption was right or wrong. However, I liked how you explored your likes section and connected it to one of your main identifiers : swimming.

What I thought was really good was your choice of visual aid in your photos section. I think it was a good indicator of just how large swimming is in your life. Moreover, I thought that the way you tackled this assignment was creative. It definitely gave me a different perspective and a put a unique spin to the assignment. Although there were some issues with grammar and style, overall, I think you did a good job!

./Jenn_Leung