Talk:Cooper Stevens

Soumya Tejam’s Comments:

Cooper — I really enjoyed reading your data identity statement and at many instances found myself relating to your experiences and conclusions. I particularly appreciated the discussion surrounding your intentions behind curating your online persona. It provided context for the specific anecdotes and evidence that you examined when you approached the websites and links that were associated with your name.

In your future revisions, I would encourage you to restructure your argument so that the question that you probe in the conclusion might be posed earlier. Your wiki discussion can showcase your discovery process into this question and lead us to your conclusion and suggestion that online identities might better serve as a verification mechanism. I think you touch lightly on this idea, and I would encourage you to probe further, perhaps ask the question: How verifiable is our identity if we can control its presentation online?

Finally, I think you maintained great clarity and succinctness throughout your statement. I found your language to be analytical yet accessible and was able to follow your train of thought throughout the wiki. My only suggestion would be to rethink the headers and their formatting in the ‘Googling Myself’ section and creating a more pronounced connection between the headings. Overall, great work and I look forward to reading your final wiki!

Jack Hessinger’s Comments:

Hello Cooper, your data identity was a very interesting read. One theme throughout your profile was the idea that the "curated info" was the most prominent amongst your online profile. This is something that I also wrote about and I found your take on it especially interesting. I especially liked they way you showed that you can compare the "curated info" with the digital footprint to assess if someone is phishing.

One suggestion I have would be to explore the gaps in your curated info a little more. As you said this information is deliberately picked, which leads to believe that this could be a view of you with "rose colored glasses". It would be interesting to hear how your overall online presence may vary from your true personality in real life. This could also lead into talking about the imperfection of learning about someone from just their online profile. Overall, you did a great job of formatting this piece and it helped us as readers understand your full profile easily.