Perhaps my first post was a bit overdone. Of course there are people who use tens or even hundreds of online identities. Teens, psychologically ill persons, people, who just want to have fun and others that do not apply to me. But still I consider that this issue regards to all of us.
Firstly, the security and privacy of our data. Every time you fill something out on internet this information is maintained somewhere. Do you know where? Or think about how many passwords do you need for every website, community and others? How to protect yourself and avoid of “bad guys”? One of the options is to use special services developed by technology companies that generates your profile and lets you decide who can access which parts of your identity information. Check the links to Higgins project and OpenID, for example.
The second very important issue would be laws that concerns internet policies. Some months ago there was shocking event in
Thirdly, I would want to start a discussion how to put all identities together. Your identities. Which is the right one and what happens if they come into contradictions? I think it’s not always so easy to manage these identities psychologically. For example, if one of your authorities from school or workplace sees your draugiem.lv profile – photos with you having fun in very informal parties and being completely different as in these school or workplace environments. I don’t have an answer as to previous issues on technological aspects and legislation. Just a food for thought.
Hi you said it.
ReplyDeletehave you ever thought why do we people need so many identities, coz we want to remain inside our shell only. you said condradictory identities, why is it so?
can't we be ourselves all the time? whether in a party or in a formal meeting?
you can very well be yourself both as a teacher and as a fun-loving friend, can't you?
That's exactly what I meant.
ReplyDeleteOf course we have different roles in life and encountering with different people we behave differently. But question is - do we really know who we are? Which qualities are the right ones that characterize me?
It would be too much to say that you are always true and "yourself" in different situations.
Perhaps it's just my problem that I can't accept myself being different..
Guys,you're too much concern about the 'problem' of several identities.For example,I'm having multiple personalities in the real world (they even have different names like Olga,Sipolins and others).That's the way I express myself and the same goes on on-line!And nobody gets hurt!It's fun!:)
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