Blog Post 3 Prompt

For your third blog post you have the same set of options as for Post 2: either respond to a previous post by one of your classmates, or write a new blog post in response to the prompt below. If you choose to write a response to a previous post, please be sure to follow the same instructions as given in the Post 2 Prompt.

Prompt: We have read a lot about individual profiles on social network sites. For this blog post, reflect on your own identity as constructed and performed on the social network site(s) you use. You can answer any/all of the following questions:

Do the tastes listed on your profile(s) accurately reflect your "true" tastes? Are there certain preferences you have up- or down-played? Do you think your tastes are similar to your friends' or different? (If you want, check their profiles to see if you guessed correctly.)

Have you ever felt limited by the profile structure provided by your social network site? Have you done anything to try to circumvent the provided structure?

Do you frequently revise the contents of your profile? Do certain life events motivate you to change your profile? Does this say anything about how we view identity (for example, what might it mean if someone updates their profile whenever their relationship status changes)?

If you are a member of more than one social network service, are your profiles consistent across them all? If your profiles differ, do you know why they are different? How does your imagined audience/network on each site affect the way you present yourself there?

Your post is due by 9am on October 18.