Talk:Kevin Cheng

Hi Kevin,

It sounds like your Facebook profile matches up pretty well with who you are in real life. Your Facebook profile seems modest in its utilization of all of Facebook's tools, and you describe yourself as a modest person as well. You talk about keeping a low profile (pun intended haha), and I think that's a really apt description of what you've got going on with your avatar: a low profile.

I think your description of your Facebook's development overtime is telling. Your move from an about me section filled with funny AIM quotes to an about me filled with only a few key details is telling of your personality development. As you matured, your Facebook profile matured, it seems.

Your description of your faux major was striking, in contrast to the low-key nature of all your other info. I did not know the plural of Lego is Lego haha. I wonder whether you overestimate the uniqueness of having a fake major listed. You say that to you it symbolizes uniqueness, but I have seen so many fake majors on Facebook that I doubt I would really notice yours particularly if I came across it. If your faux major is not really a symbol of uniqueness, I wonder if your Facebook profile is lacking in individuality.

Your writing style is consistent with your content. You wrote your avatar analysis in relatively plain, modest language, and you claim to be a modest person. Your assignment was easy to read, albeit not very exciting or fun to read.

You seem earnest in your descriptions of your avatar but perhaps slightly unconscious of certain aspects of your self. For example, the way in which you stay offline in chat seems like a decision towards privacy, but you only describe it in terms of wanting to be productive and get homework done without being distracted. I wonder whether you might be making decisions such as staying offline and not filling out an deep about me section because of concerns about your privacy, instead of just not caring and wanting to get work done or something. I could be totally wrong on this, but that's just what came across from reading your assignment here.

Mark Buckner

COMMENT #2

Hey Kevin,

I like the lack of pretension with which you comport yourself on Facebook and in your reflection. The humor you employ is understated, and the effect is a presentation of the same relaxed, fun-loving but unassuming person your profile seems to display.

The tiny picture of your profile picture shows you supine with your face in your arms, looking calm and at ease. Your words match this picture, which makes the profile more convincing. I would be very surprised to find that this profile were inauthentic in any way. And the modesty which which you handle yourself is flattering in its minimalism. I am only curious, as someone who posts much more than you about himself, as to why you don't see fit to put yourself online with any enthusiasm. It seems an unnecessarily guarded manner for someone so outwardly easygoing.

The jokes you made regarding your profile, your faux major and Star Wars were hilarious! In those small glimpses of your personality I see someone who would be very popular online if he chose to put some effort into it. I am curious as to why you let your profile be a frozen relic, rather than reclaim it and share your sense of humor with all your friends whenever you please. It is unclear to me how your desire for privacy intersects with your reticence. Is staying "offline" in chat a consequence of viewing Facebook as a bare means to stalk others while remaining obscure yourself? Or is your own bare modesty a result of apathy, or even a lack of faith in the medium of Facebook to relate yourself adequately?

I think that your modest side speaks for itself, but I wish your comedic side would tell the rest of you to speak up!

Noah Cohen