Difference between revisions of "Talk:Kaitlin Kissane"

Latest revision as of 21:39, 21 November 2012

Kaitlin,

I enjoyed reading your avatar autobiography— the flow of your article reads well as you tend to state what you do and do not share on FB, and then clearly give supporting details to back each fact. I respect your honest and blunt writing, and would consider this a genuine analysis of your online identity.

You are very open with the readers by telling us you do filter and manage what information makes it onto your online profile. For example, you don’t upload numerous pictures from every event you go to, but pick just one or two which accurately summarize the event or the memory you would like to publicly remember. You do an excellent job explaining your primary elements, and therefore pave a way to explain how these affect your secondary elements. For example, because you chose to tell FB about which languages you speak, friends who viewed your information are able to interact and bond with you in a new way.

While you do not seem to feed FB false information, you do hide which parts of your true identity are revealed. Your sentence accurately sums up your conclusion: “I believe that my Facebook profile is a good starting point in trying to figure out who I am, but it definitely doesn't encompass who I am as a whole in real life.” Your profile reveals bits and pieces of your true identity, but you are fully represented by your Facebook avatar.Great job! -Gabrielle

Kaitlin,

Since I don't know you at all, it is kind of hard for me to comment on the authenticity of your online identity assessment. However, I feel like your writing was very honest with your writing, and I can tell you put in the effort to give a genuine analysis. You explained every section very clearly and gave examples of what you put on your Facebook in that section and what you don't. More importantly, you included why you include certain information online and why you do not. For example, I thought it was interesting that you didn't put up favorite quotations or your political views because they are not important to you, and it makes a lot of sense.

I also liked how you included an analysis of the way your Facebook page has changed over time. You mentioned that you can look back on your Facebook page as an archive of your old friends and clothes, but you also mentioned that your Facebook activity has changed. Noting that your photo album production has gone down is a good analysis of your priorities on Facebook itself and off.

The organization of your autobiography was very good too. By breaking it up and explaining each part, I feel like you didn't leave anything out. I liked how your first paragraph looked a lot like a Wiki article, but I don't think it pertained to the assignment, and it felt more like a resume. I think in your photo captions you should talk in the first person since you wrote in the first person for the entire page. I thought it was well written and interesting. -Lindsey Hilton