do you ever create "identities" for people you know online? - GoFuckYourself.com

galleryseek · 05-17-2003, 01:14 PM

what i mean, is for example on GFY... theres a lot of common posters, and by what they say how they act etc etc, i gather an identity of who that person is, its 2nd nature for me... like what i think they'd look like, how old they are, their enviroment, etc etc.... so that whenever they post, i have an image of who is saying it instead of their username.

and then, come to find out you were totally off and the person ends up being like 40 / 50 yrs. old when you thought they were in their early 20's.

crazy shit!

it'll be interesting once video will play a bigger role.

TDF · 05-17-2003, 01:17 PM

this post makes my head hurt

quiet · 05-17-2003, 01:22 PM

one of the best books ever written on the splintering of identity (and what might follow) as a consequence of internet:

life on the screen - identity in the the age of the internet

i'm very interested in this topic.

mrthumbs · 05-17-2003, 01:22 PM

This is how i picture EVERYBODY on this board.

Cant go wrong.

05-17-2003, 01:14 PM	#1
galleryseek Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 8,234	do you ever create "identities" for people you know online? what i mean, is for example on GFY... theres a lot of common posters, and by what they say how they act etc etc, i gather an identity of who that person is, its 2nd nature for me... like what i think they'd look like, how old they are, their enviroment, etc etc.... so that whenever they post, i have an image of who is saying it instead of their username. and then, come to find out you were totally off and the person ends up being like 40 / 50 yrs. old when you thought they were in their early 20's. crazy shit! it'll be interesting once video will play a bigger role.

05-17-2003, 01:17 PM	#2
TDF Triple OG nigga on GFY Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in the BP4L family compound Posts: 27,296	this post makes my head hurt __________________ Sig heil

05-17-2003, 01:22 PM	#3
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	one of the best books ever written on the splintering of identity (and what might follow) as a consequence of internet: life on the screen - identity in the the age of the internet i'm very interested in this topic.

05-17-2003, 01:22 PM	#4
mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	This is how i picture EVERYBODY on this board. Cant go wrong.