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I feel we have a pretty similar history of internet use, as I was also an avid member of a few message boards back in high school, though most of mine were World of Warcraft related. It was definitely helpful to see that you added the history of your avatar in other places. I think that when people are active on message boards, they tend to view their online identity as being made up of words, things they've posted, and therefore are less active on facebook in the traditional ways (i.e. photos, status updates.) I would have been interested in knowing what kind of personality you conveyed when you were on those message boards (sort of like you did when explaining what your AIM profile looked like) so we could see more of an evolution of the way you expose your personality to others. | I feel we have a pretty similar history of internet use, as I was also an avid member of a few message boards back in high school, though most of mine were World of Warcraft related. It was definitely helpful to see that you added the history of your avatar in other places. I think that when people are active on message boards, they tend to view their online identity as being made up of words, things they've posted, and therefore are less active on facebook in the traditional ways (i.e. photos, status updates.) I would have been interested in knowing what kind of personality you conveyed when you were on those message boards (sort of like you did when explaining what your AIM profile looked like) so we could see more of an evolution of the way you expose your personality to others. | ||
| − | I would've liked to | + | I would've liked to hear more about the process by which you approve/deny things people post to your profile. You mentioned that it was related to your family, however it would be interesting to know what aspects of family life determine which things you approve and which you deny (unless that's too personal which would be understandable). I'd also like to hear more about the musical aspect of the profile (if you see my page you might think that is obvious though, hah). But it is interesting that a number of people see this part of Facebook 'liking' as being most indicative of what they are like (aside from the other traits you've listed) so elaboration on that might shed some light on what looks like some kinda pattern, who knows. |
You also mentioned that 'my internet persona was very genuine because I wanted to feel like my internet friends actually liked ''me''.' and I would be interested in knowing why this was important to you. Being that there are so many people who couldn't care less about offending others or misrepresenting themselves on different internet media, the desire for genuine appreciation is pretty neat. Interesting read. | You also mentioned that 'my internet persona was very genuine because I wanted to feel like my internet friends actually liked ''me''.' and I would be interested in knowing why this was important to you. Being that there are so many people who couldn't care less about offending others or misrepresenting themselves on different internet media, the desire for genuine appreciation is pretty neat. Interesting read. | ||
Tom | Tom | ||
Latest revision as of 16:55, 24 November 2012
Hi, Vincent --
As I was looking through avatar pages, yours in particular struck me due to the large section devoted to previous avatars. Though I can relate to your sections on instant messaging and Myspace, it's the sections on message boards and online games. With those two mediums, and instant messaging, the authenticity of one's online persona can be questions -- in most situations, it appears you're even saying that inauthentic representations are the norm. I would have been interested in seeing you delve deeper into the differences of what you reveal in those avatars versus your Facebook profile. In addition to these comparisons, you discuss how genuine your message board persona was because of your lack of social activity in real life. I think it would have been appropriate to explore that issue: what made your online persona more genuine?
I like how you addressed the differences in pictures you have put up versus pictures your friends have put up. In secondary elements, you talk about how you need to verify what people post about you and tend to approve most everything. I would have liked for you to also expand on how those elements - other people's posts, pictures, etc. - shape your online persona. You spoke previously of your comments on others' activities and how those provide insight, but what about other people's representations of you?
Continuing off of your interactions with others, I think YOUR secondary comments, on others' activities, is an aspect of Facebook many of us failed to address. In reality, I think most of us do have the majority of our interactions there. As much as we can change our own profiles, logging onto Facebook takes us to the News Feed, not our own profiles. Thus, the point of a "social media" site is to interact with others. I think the interactions we have on others' posts do offer better insight into our genuine selves, as those comments seem to be more candid that statuses.
Overall, I enjoyed the unique perspectives you addresses, including the changing online personas and our actions on others' posts. Great job.
Best, Lizzy
Vincent,
I feel we have a pretty similar history of internet use, as I was also an avid member of a few message boards back in high school, though most of mine were World of Warcraft related. It was definitely helpful to see that you added the history of your avatar in other places. I think that when people are active on message boards, they tend to view their online identity as being made up of words, things they've posted, and therefore are less active on facebook in the traditional ways (i.e. photos, status updates.) I would have been interested in knowing what kind of personality you conveyed when you were on those message boards (sort of like you did when explaining what your AIM profile looked like) so we could see more of an evolution of the way you expose your personality to others.
I would've liked to hear more about the process by which you approve/deny things people post to your profile. You mentioned that it was related to your family, however it would be interesting to know what aspects of family life determine which things you approve and which you deny (unless that's too personal which would be understandable). I'd also like to hear more about the musical aspect of the profile (if you see my page you might think that is obvious though, hah). But it is interesting that a number of people see this part of Facebook 'liking' as being most indicative of what they are like (aside from the other traits you've listed) so elaboration on that might shed some light on what looks like some kinda pattern, who knows.
You also mentioned that 'my internet persona was very genuine because I wanted to feel like my internet friends actually liked me.' and I would be interested in knowing why this was important to you. Being that there are so many people who couldn't care less about offending others or misrepresenting themselves on different internet media, the desire for genuine appreciation is pretty neat. Interesting read.
Tom
