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Link: apophenia: impression management: blogs as terrible representations.
Last week, we got to meet some of my readers, which was very cool. Now, I'm thinking about, after reading danah's article, what the impression is that I give off. I don't think I've ever really met anyone through my blog after building up any kind of substantial online relationship anyway. I wonder what kind of impression I give off here and how that compares to my offline persona. I think part of the issue is that a lot of people only blog on one topic. Fred and I are probably very much like we are in person as we are on our blogs. In fact, Fred is pretty much his walking blog. As for danah, I'm sure she's probably much more chill in person as she is on her blog, because she tends to get into some heady academic thinking on there. In fact, as I get into some of the more well known bloggers I met through their blogs first and then in person, like Mena, Jarvis, and Steve Rubel, I think they're pretty much what I expected. If you keep up with a blog, I think a lot of someone's personality comes out. Its difficult to write everyday and hide major aspects of your persona... at least for me it is anyway. So, I think I'm probably much like my blog.