Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Lucky #13
As pointed out in the boyd reading, an SNS, if organized properly, can be a great way to communicate with like minded people and discuss lifestyles and life issues and can be great sounding boards for "call to arms" issues. The Dana Boyd video emphasizes what we should already know and that is that SNS's are just an extension of our offline environment but that we have to learn to take our online "trail of self presentation" in context of what it was at the time. Meaning a teenage guy might post a picture of himeslef taking a hit from a bong (ala Michael Phelps) but it shouldn't be assumed that that is his evening habit now that he is thirty something with lots of resposibilities (family, house, job). But we do need to be careful of what we do post and say online because it can come back and haunt you, especially if it can be tied to your current acts as an adult. I certainly don't post anything incriminating online, just innocent pictures of trips, pets, family and the like.
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Good point Dan. Getting connect to people online is just like being with them f2f. The only thing with me is I enjoy looking into people's face when talking to them because you can tell if they are lying or telling the truth. (sometimes) :)
ReplyDeleteI believe that these spheres can co-exist but I still don't believe even through the readings that they are interchangeable. I could have a horrible day outside of online, then come home and my life online is hunky dory.
ReplyDeleteSmile...I am like Treonna, I perfer face to face communication, because I can see and hear a liar a mile away!
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