Tag: identity

Dead Networking

the social networking website’s administration decided that these students’ profiles will not be taken down; instead, they will be remain frozen in their last updated state. This decision goes against Facebook’s policy of removing profiles of the recently deceased out of respect for their privacy, but this is not a new phenomenon. There is simply no way for these websites to keep track of which of their users are dead or alive – the dead are all online now; they “live” on websites like Livejournal, Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, or Flickr, and they’re not going anywhere.

throw in a OMG LOL comment script, and appearances can be maintained indefinitely

Bruce Willis, forum troll

What do you when you’ve got millions of $, no steady day job, and plenty of vocal critics that do their best to berate you knowing full well that they could never do your job if given the chance? We might just ask Bruce Willis that very question, but thankfully for all us, he’s already responded. Apparently, Mr. Willis not only finds his way around internet message boards that focus on his films, but he doesn’t hesitate to join in on the oftentimes testy conversations and give users his platinum-laced 2 cents. In a recent go ’round in regard to Die Hard 4, Bruce was caught mouthing off to disbelievers and carpers alike, and while a select few were adamant that this so-called Walter B. was little more than an overzealous fanboy, Bruce did the honorary thing and offered to prove it.

heh. he takes good care of his internet reputation.

Identicon

I’ve just added preliminary 9-block IP identification feature to Daily, my blog server to enhance commenter identity beyond name and website. Basically, what I am doing is using a privacy protecting derivative of each commenter’s IP address to build a 9-block image and displaying it next the commenter’s name.

creates a unique graphic per ip. people get excited about the look of their ip 🙂

Continuous Partial Presence

Twitter is Continuous Partial Presence, mostly made up of mundane messages in answer to the question, “what are you doing?” A never-ending steam of presence messages prompts you to update your own. Messages are more ephemeral than IM presence — and posting is of a lower threshold, both because of ease and accessibility, and the informality of the medium.

good analysis on twitter. i haven’t tried it yet, but maybe i should? looks like a big time suck

Transparent Kids

As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.

it was about time for a discontinuum

Today’s social technologies are creating the biggest generation gap since rock and roll — with younger people having radically different ideas than their parents about what’s public and what’s private