Online identity

Amy Webb explained in this Ted Talk how she was able to find the right guy through online dating, using her own database and using reverse engineering. Online dating sites use algorithms to match people together, however the matches are not always accurate. Webb explains her journey before using her data spreadsheets, and how many of the dates she went were complete failures. Before getting signed up to an online dating website she calculated the probability of finding a guy in her city that met…

propelling forward with the latest high-tech discoveries, these advancements have given birth a modern form of communication for not only the younger but as well as the older generation of hopeful singles. And that would include online dating, however, there is a consensus that online dating is generally more acceptable, safer, and practical for the everyday person compared to dating in real life. To begin with, it is not uncommon for the large majority of individuals of the twenty first century…

with my divorced mom, we saw a commercial for Match.com. We did what 50 percent of online daters do, made a profile, looked around, and never looked at it again. This made me wonder about the evolving world of online dating. Does it actually work? Does anyone really use it? Is everyone on these websites desperate, lying, and creepy? Through my research I have found that there is some method to the madness of the online dating world, if you want algorithms, money schemes, and hackers determining…

people to have two lives, second life being the digital life. Davis discusses about how my generation is going through an identity crisis, revealing, and concealing on who we actually are. According to Davis, “Triangulation, in general, refers to two (or more) separate phenomena pointing to the same conclusion. Self-triangulation refers to the strategic connection of identity performances across multiple physical and digitally mediated interaction environments” (505).…

Every individual has a unique identity, which shapes them to who they have became today. An identity is based of off what people believe in, what they do, their personality, interests, values, ethnicity, and physical appearance. An identity reflects on a particular person an individual wants to be with because they have the same interests. An identity changes overtime because people will be interested in different things like cars, hobbies, and how they act as years go by. In addition, mostly…

Identity is a crucial aspect of adolescence development. Identity is defined as how a person describes who they believe they are in terms of their own self-perception (Santrock, 2014). Erik Erikson’s theory states that there are eight developmental stages from birth to late adulthood. The fifth stage takes place around 10 years old till 20 years old, and this stage is for identity versus identity confusion. During this stage, adolescents ask questions about answering who, where and what they…

Attempting to Understand Personal Identity The most important concept in the work by Gary Foster, “Internet Dating: Challenges to Love and Personal Identity,” is the idea of personal identity and what makes up one’s personal identity. In his work Gary Foster states that personal identity is the result of each person’s unique set of characteristics, but he also apparently thinks that it is not just the characteristics themselves but each person’s own unique embodiment of those same…

A personal identity is something that defines a person and is developed throughout the course of their life. It is made up of the essential and unique characteristics which defines you and includes both aspects of your life which you have control over such as what your interests are and what you do during your spare time, as well as factors which you have no control over for example your physical characteristics and where you grew up. Digital Identity is the technological equivalent of Personal…

Identity I first became aware I was different or special from others in my childhood when I was elementary student. When my parents and my older brother cleaning in the house, I just watched what they doing. LAter I realized I like to watch, and don’t want to move around. And later I realized I’m not influenced my identity by my family. Because we are different, we have different circumstances. My identity influenced my experience, and my mind. I lived in S.korea, Gangneung. This place made me…

what someone is truly like, and if the part of them we see on one platform is an accurate representation of their identity. Outside sources affect various different parts of your identity, which come together to make a complex whole you. These sources, such as the media and society, law enforcement, and more and more importantly, the Internet, have a lot of power over our personal identities and which parts of ourselves we present to them, which has positive and negative effects. Being a person…