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But who are you anyway, really?
Oct. 21st, 2011 02:21 pmInteresting article in Wired magazine: You are not your name and photo: A call to re-imagine identity
TL;DR summary: Both Google+ (with Circles) and Facebook (with Smart Lists) misunderstand the core problem of online identity: It’s not only about who you’re sharing with, but how you represent yourself. “It’s not who you share with, but who you share as.”
(and something probably everybody else with a flist/readinglist/circle/followers/whateveryouwannacallit already knows)
This piece here, though completely unrelated, drives the point home: Man arrested for having sex with inflatable raft. It's the not the article itself worth mentioning, but the number of people who have commented on it using their Facebook IDs. Do they even know it's happening? Do they even care?
TL;DR summary: Both Google+ (with Circles) and Facebook (with Smart Lists) misunderstand the core problem of online identity: It’s not only about who you’re sharing with, but how you represent yourself. “It’s not who you share with, but who you share as.”
(and something probably everybody else with a flist/readinglist/circle/followers/whateveryouwannacallit already knows)
This piece here, though completely unrelated, drives the point home: Man arrested for having sex with inflatable raft. It's the not the article itself worth mentioning, but the number of people who have commented on it using their Facebook IDs. Do they even know it's happening? Do they even care?
