Turkle says that identity can be attributed to multiplicity. In other words, our selves are multi faceted. I was intrigued by reading about the woman who had talked to a man on AOL for a while before deciding to meet him in person. She had expressed her fear about how she was afraid when got around him in person that she would have trouble being like her online self. She said that her online self was more outgoing and didn’t have as many inhibitions. I could see there being a problem when she met the guy because she would probably be shy in person and he would be expecting the same outgoing person he had been talking to for a few months. I do think Turkle is right about identity because everyone seems to have a different personality online. My blogger is a true fashionista and I have the impression she would be very interesting in person, but I have a feeling there would be some different things about her in person.
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I really think online dating is so interesting, because people can be so different online. I know several people who are really shy and keep to themselves in person, but are very active online.
It gets tricky, because I realize that I see most of my Facebook friends very rarely. So, the image I have of them is the one they have cultivated for me- not necessarily the most accurate image. We have an awful lot of power through our Facebook profiles!
Online is more open and free because people can only judge you based off what you put out therefore you have control over them and their perception of you. So you could be very shy naturally but very out going online because I am what I want to be online.