Quotes from interviews by Sherry Turkle in her book "alone together"
"Myspace and facebook, you put up the things you like about yourself and you're not going to advertise the bad aspect of yourself"
"anyone you interview who tells you that his facebook page is 'the real me'. It's like being in a play, you make a character" - Eric
"A chance to write yourself into the person you want to be and to imagine others as you wish to them to be, contracting them your purpose"
I thought these were three really interesting quotes about how we supposedly construct a representation of ourselves onto the internet through a range of signs. Which leads me to arrive at the question is there ever true representation on the the screen? Is everything constructed?
The debate within this artctile is really interesting, whether we should have the choice to be who we want to be on the internet, even if that is a complete new identity or whether we should be fixed to our earthly beings. Why cannot people have these two different identities or is this a way to stop spam and anonymous negative behaviours towards others. If you feel no one knows who you are, you would be more willing to break normal social codes? (maybe something to look into).
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