Talk:Kevin Wang
Hi Kevin, Reading your autobiography, your voice seemed to come through strongly, in a way that was amusing to read while bringing clarity to your writing. Looking at the organization, the initial titles provided a good map for understanding what you’re currently or going to be talking about. However, while reading the So What DO You Do On Facebook? section, the transition didn’t seem as clear when you moved to talking about your Facebook Banner even though the organizational transition makes sense. Your discussion of audience and privacy in the creation of your online profiles is an interesting insight to the way that you present yourself in different contexts. I particularly enjoyed how you ended the But What About Newgrounds? section, highlighting how public and private contexts, with strangers or friends, affects your willingness to participate. The comparison of your Facebook presence to your Newgrounds presence makes an interesting point further about your theme. However, it felt like your analysis of your online identity’s connection to your offline identity stayed primarily in the initial paragraph. Overall though, I thought that your avatar did a good job of looking at how you represent yourself online and why do you what you do!
Best, Lauren
Hi Kevin,
I really appreciated how open this analysis of your online presence was. I think you did a really good job of explaining the way you present yourself in relation to your intended audience. It seems that as a producer of art and other content you really think a lot about your audience and the way they will react to your online posts. I like that you analyzed many different aspects of both your Facebook profile and your presence on Newgrounds. I think it could have been interesting to go more in depth on the kinds of things that you do post on Facebook. You mention sharing the occasional article or posting political jokes but what are the motivations behind these and what makes these things worthy of posting for your Facebook audience while your artistic content is not? I think one of your most interesting observations comes at the end of your Newgrounds sections where you discuss public to strangers and private to friends being safe or authentic spaces while public to friends becomes artificial. I think it would be very cool to expand on this idea and maybe analyze your different presences and interactions through this specific lens. Overall, I really enjoyed the style and content!
Best, Dylan
Kevin,
Your autobiography is very insightful. I like that you touched on how the omission of content can construct the image of your avatar itself. Similarly, the inaction of not deselecting the share option of your Change.org activity also affects the projection of self online. It is interesting that not doing certain things can shape online identity in ways that it doesn't seem to in real life. Additionally, the philosophy of your online presence is something I can definitely relate to. For example, "When people share photography or music on their page, I'm made aware of how little I care about what they're doing, so it's hypocritical for me to expect praise or encouragement when I don't return the support to my "fellow artists." Although I'm not an artist/musician, this line of thinking has affected the way I post on social media as well. Often times, it is hard to think of compelling reasons to share something on social media when considering what others would genuinely care to see.
Jordan
