Comments on: Is that really you? http://www.mihswat.com/2008/10/08/is-that-really-you/ Headquarters of the Strategic Worldwide Applications and Technologies Team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Joy-Mari http://www.mihswat.com/2008/10/08/is-that-really-you/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Joy-Mari Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:06:59 +0000 http://www.mihswat.com/?p=69#comment-64 "Then along came this, this, things like this and most importantly this." I'm lazy; I didn't click on those links. Perhaps you could use the words in the title tags of those websites when you link. It counts as a better link to those sites -- better value to them -- and your readers will know what or whom you are referring to. About your post: I think Facebook started the change you're referring to; before Facebook, I also used many personas. These days, I am mostly Joy-Mari Cloete or joycloete. I like. “Then along came this, this, things like this and most importantly this.”

I’m lazy; I didn’t click on those links. Perhaps you could use the words in the title tags of those websites when you link. It counts as a better link to those sites — better value to them — and your readers will know what or whom you are referring to.

About your post:

I think Facebook started the change you’re referring to; before Facebook, I also used many personas. These days, I am mostly Joy-Mari Cloete or joycloete. I like.

]]> By: Peter Hart-Davis http://www.mihswat.com/2008/10/08/is-that-really-you/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Peter Hart-Davis Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:27:22 +0000 http://www.mihswat.com/?p=69#comment-29 I certainly agree that there does seem to have been a major shift. But is it quite so black and white? People have various personas which they use every day and while they do not necessarily hide the other personas when using a particular one, they prefer to use the one they have chosen at the time. (and how is that for a convoluted sentence). An example might help. If in the real world I am a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom" rel="nofollow">furry</a> fetishist people might be well aware of who I 'really' am but in context of being a furry i.e. at a convention or party, I would prefer to be known by my furry persona. Similarly when online in certain contexts I might prefer to be known by an alternate e.g. when in Second Life. The opportunity here I think is to be able to provide a 'central' point for the various personas. Something with the solidity of open id but with the flexibility to accommodate different personas. If fact going as far as to say something which provides the level of legality to back up a digital signature. This central point could provide the necessarily authority behind the furry persona yet at the same time not necessarily breaking the illusion being created by the context? I certainly agree that there does seem to have been a major shift. But is it quite so black and white? People have various personas which they use every day and while they do not necessarily hide the other personas when using a particular one, they prefer to use the one they have chosen at the time. (and how is that for a convoluted sentence). An example might help. If in the real world I am a furry fetishist people might be well aware of who I ‘really’ am but in context of being a furry i.e. at a convention or party, I would prefer to be known by my furry persona. Similarly when online in certain contexts I might prefer to be known by an alternate e.g. when in Second Life.

The opportunity here I think is to be able to provide a ‘central’ point for the various personas. Something with the solidity of open id but with the flexibility to accommodate different personas. If fact going as far as to say something which provides the level of legality to back up a digital signature.

This central point could provide the necessarily authority behind the furry persona yet at the same time not necessarily breaking the illusion being created by the context?

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