Blog Post #5

Weather you are a male or female, everyone can agree that once in their life so far, that they have once worried about what people thought of them. Everyone has to have some form of individuality, but recently it has been easier to describe yourself to "fit in" with a certain stereotype, or just come off as someone you aren't. With social networking websites such as Facebook, and Myspace, anyone with an account can upload pictures, list movies and music, and write a description about themselves. Being able to do this people can look at what your interests are, and how you look and instantly judge you.

I chose to write my paper with the topic of Facebook, Myspace and identity. With Myspace having private profiles, someone can only be your friend if you request them and they accept. When asking to be someones friend you are only judging this on their picture. Mostly everyone wants to be friends with their friends and no one else, however, other people might be looking for people around where they live to maybe get to know them better. Basically, your profile picture tells a lot about you, and how you even see yourself. Many girls have low self-esteems today, but if they have a main picture of them from summer in their bathing suits, then you can tell that they feel more comfortable about themselves, or they want to show off. Also you can do this with guys. You can simply compare a picture of a guy in a t-shirt smiling, to a guy with his shirt of flexing his muscles. You can tell somewhat about person on how they want people to see them. Also with friend requests, if you get a request from someone who you don't know, and they seem attractive, chances are they will get accepted rather than a random person who is less attractive.

With Facebook, as well as Myspace you can write about your interests to find people with the same interests as you. What you write is up to you. In a section "About me" you can choose to write something descriptive, vague, or nothing at all. However this is written tells a lot about yourself and how you want others to see you.

Just as easy as it is to write truthfully about yourself, it is that easy to write falsely about yourself. Even to the extent where you can upload a picture of someone else, as long as it fits the format, and make this person seem like you.

Somehow I want my paper to reflect these aspects in some way.