Talk:Jack Zhang

Jack, I had a great time reading your avatar page. I felt like you took me through the development of your online identity quite well. The way you described what got you on Facebook for the first time really stuck with me. At our similar ages we saw the rise of Facebook, and with that we saw large portions of our peers on it. I can remember feeling the exact same way about Facebook. There is a feeling of fomo when you first see your peers on social media. I enjoyed the way you described your transition away from being active on Facebook. You brought up how the relationships you cared about suffered because of your Facebook usage, and I thought it was an excellent way to show a negative affect of the platform. It also showed me how your values changed as you used Facebook. I thought that your "Back to Square One?" section could be developed a little further. The section begs the question of how you feel after going through the cycle you describe. Is there anything that you miss about using Facebook? The tone I got from your writing felt largely negative about the social media, but I still interested to see what one would learn from checking out your profile today. Is it representative of your current self? I liked the second photo you have, but I thought the initial cover photo could be explained a bit. I was wondering what the cover photo was! Overall good job.

--Paulo Warren

Hi Jack! I really enjoyed reading about how your usage of Facebook evolved from when you initially got into the platform in middle school, how it followed/spurred your personality change in high school, and how you use it now. I believe that your evolution is similar to the types of interactions my friend and I have maintained since middle school- in middle school and early high school, it seemed that a lot of posts were meant to display how many friends and cool events people were going to instead of highlighting the value they find in them. Likes and comments translated to popularity and gratification.

Although nowadays I personally feel the need for likes is a lot less of a driving factor for posts than it once was, the performative aspect of social media is still there, but not as strong as it was in middle school. I agree that being introduced to this kind of reward system early in development, especially during a time when young teens struggle between finding themselves as individuals and wanting to fit in, can make it very difficult to do the former. You provided a very well-explained journey through the enduring side-effects social media can create, which is often not discussed enough.

Overall I enjoyed reading your wiki. I think you could add more photos as examples of how your Facebook posts have evolved from your middle/high school days with the posts you create now. I think your paragraphs are organized nicely with the headings in a very consumable format, and your content flows together nicely. Your final words in "The age of judgment" paragraph are very thought-provoking, and captures your struggles with trying to fit in and fighting it in order to preserve your self-identity over social media and in real life. Great work!

--Kelly Shashlo

Corina

Great work, Jack!

Good flow and good choice of visuals.

When revising, consider your colleagues’ comments above: they are spot on.

Please consider them fully for your revision.

If you have any questions, or need help, please let me know.

Best,

Corina