tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post6724338604418184112..comments2023-07-09T06:54:46.987-07:00Comments on Social Computing (ICS 669): from a shadow to a photo: my social computing journeyCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13867107147038749302noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-25655424115730800912013-06-02T19:13:29.405-07:002013-06-02T19:13:29.405-07:00Highly energetic article, I enjoyed that bit.
Will...Highly energetic article, I enjoyed that bit.<br />Will there be a part 2?<br /><br />Feel free to surf to my blog post ... <a href="http://dailymotion.com/video/x103zvx_microsoft-office-gratuit-avec-la-preuve" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Office Gratuit</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-88836526723012525572013-01-26T23:57:18.085-08:002013-01-26T23:57:18.085-08:00Good point - compartmentalizing on the Internet is...Good point - compartmentalizing on the Internet is really wishful thinking. However, maybe that means we need systems that are more responsive to that natural desire. I know I'm contradicting my response to shinbc below - it's interesting to me that while on one hand we long for some real-life "authenticity" from people we interact with online, we feel constrained in some way by it as well. <br /><br />You ask a good question in the second paragraph. I think I started sharing certain things about myself to foster relationships with my online audience. However, I don't feel that I'm privileging them above my family, friends, etc who don't know about the blog. Given that my blog is focused on a frivolous interest, I guess I'm using the online folks as kind of a "test audience" before I eventually integrate that interest into who I am with my family and friends. I feel OK telling relative strangers on the Internet that I'm interested in style ... but it feels like I'm going out on a limb by sharing the same info with family and such. I suppose it's because I care about their opinion more and this may contradict their long-held views of who I am and what I'm interested in.<br /><br />Ditto on your last point. I'm not ready to combine everything I do online into one spot! But it's true that a savvy searcher could put all the pieces together.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867107147038749302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-26850653586133301722013-01-26T23:43:29.488-08:002013-01-26T23:43:29.488-08:00You raise an interesting point about how showing o...You raise an interesting point about how showing our real face during all of our social computing activities would change how users relate to each other. At the same time, I have seen some bad behavior via e-mail in a closed system (such as an office where everyone knows each other and person A says something mean to person B via e-mail - and CCs the whole office). I think putting our "face" behind our social computing actions could help promote honesty, but it wouldn't solve the fundamental issue that communicating through a computer creates a barrier. Sometimes that barrier can be useful - by letting people explore different aspects of their identity - but it can be harmful as well because a malicious user is separated from the hurt he or she causes.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867107147038749302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-91366563587942981922013-01-26T17:18:55.093-08:002013-01-26T17:18:55.093-08:00Outstanding post. Very good job of integrating th...Outstanding post. Very good job of integrating the readings with your won experience.<br /><br />You're definitely not alone, I think the general trend toward feeling more comfortable posting private information has a social component: you see lots of other people doing it, apparently with no harm, and the benefits outweigh the risks. A similar tipping point happened with onlione commerce--initially people had serious reservations about entering their credit card number into a Web form, but now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-4487760778070803002013-01-26T14:39:20.580-08:002013-01-26T14:39:20.580-08:00Urgh, sorry to hear your comment got deleted - a c...Urgh, sorry to hear your comment got deleted - a commenter on my other blog mentioned that it's easier to comment on blogger when using certain browsers, I'll need to find out which one she recommends. :\<br />Regarding the issue of privacy, I believe that I'm kind of stuck in between my old view of privacy (no photos, no real personal info) and a view of privacy more in line with the views of other bloggers. However, I realize that this may be a moot point, as I am already behaving like other bloggers by posting photos. Prior to this I would have said values determine behavior, but now I'm seeing that it may be a two-way street. It also highlights for me some of the illogical thinking and behavior people (or maybe it's just me?) display on the Internet. <br />I'm intrigued by the idea of being both a producer and consumer of my online identity. It makes sense when I think about it. My online identity is a commodity of sorts - for instance, if I visit another blog and comment there, having a photo on my blog and some personal info may "authenticate" me in the other blogger's eyes. They may feel more comfortable responding to my comment or visiting my blog.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867107147038749302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-48456013949653448562013-01-26T01:57:53.801-08:002013-01-26T01:57:53.801-08:00I found a simple but important fact that cannot be...I found a simple but important fact that cannot be changed even in the future that people do not meet in person and just use robot or other device to interact with each other. That fact is that people want to see "face" of the other in order for them to believe that they are connected with that person. Considering this fact, social computing can be more trustful and "ethical" by keeping people from hiding as an anonymous to others. People might be annoyed if they need to show their face upon every conversation with others. However, by doing so, we can look back and modify the error happened in the development of social computing. If the reason why people prefer social computing to other method is just "to find more comfortable place to work and talk", we need to think twice and what is really needed to establish "ethic" for social computing. Thank you for sharing your impressive stories. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-10419070099055283562013-01-26T00:13:17.925-08:002013-01-26T00:13:17.925-08:00Your feelings of wanting to disconnect your online...Your feelings of wanting to disconnect your online persona from your regular life persona is something I think is quite natural. Just as you've mentioned even in real life people have those little quirks that they keep away from some parts of their lives. It's especially obvious when it comes to college students, they never want their parents to know just how much they are partying over studying. I think people like to be able to compartmentalize their worlds as a way of managing how other people perceive them, but compartmentalizing is virtually impossible when it comes to the internet. Anyone with a reasonable mind for search terms could find things about you if you were to simply use your real identity for everything. <br /><br />Now do you feel the fact that you were building an audience of people who supported you as a way of realizing that you could reveal more to them as a kind of compensation for not sharing this identity with other people who know more about you, or just as a way to further authentic yourself and your blog.<br /><br />In some ways it's already beyond an online or offline self, it's whether you want everyone to know everything you do. If you linked all your accounts together, not only would be people know your blog, they'd see forums you look at or comment on, games you've played, and things you've watched, and not everyone is ready or confident enough to have to deal with people questioning why they may like or not like some part of their lives to other people. I certainly know I'm not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681554704204800884.post-10309212881066238422013-01-24T23:50:03.500-08:002013-01-24T23:50:03.500-08:00So...I just wrote a comment, and it got deleted......So...I just wrote a comment, and it got deleted...<br /><br />The evolution of your profile photo seems like a "coming out" of your online persona. Do you feel that your ideas of personal privacy have changed as you've changed your profile photo? I only ask because you mention privacy several times, and only a few people you know offline have access to your blog. Also, do you feel by changing your photo, you've blurred the lines between producer and consumer of your online identity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com