Ah, the days of Bebo...

The Week 4 lecture on identity made me think back to the days of Bebo (a social networking site for those who don’t know). Yes! I had a Bebo page once. In fact, i believe it’s still there *quickly checks* sure enough it is. It made me think about why i liked that social networking site (SNS) so much and i realised ...i liked it because i could be anyone or anything i liked. I could create a fluid identity and play around with it as i pleased. I found myself constantly communicating with people of different races, personalities and beliefs ...and in every instance i became different too, a chameleon if you like, who would take on the very same personality and beliefs (temporal convergence). And that made me or atleast my online identity, more acceptable (prestige). I found that some of the personalities and beliefs that i liked so much became a part of me permanently (saturated self), as if i was some kind of jig-saw puzzle of different beings (weird). Trust me; if you met me before i ever heard of an SNS then you would think I’d been living in a cave or something. I was so bland, like a blank piece of paper. And then all of a sudden people started writing, imprinting themselves on me and making me who i am today. This is why i believe SNS are so popular these days. You can communicate without having to be yourself. You can be all that you can be. And now that we have FaceBook ...well, just look me up and you’ll see what i mean. My online name? Superman =)