Facebook Stalk #1
The person that I chose first is a friend who absolutely lives on facebook, he updates his statuses mulitple times of day and they are usually within the realm of emo expression or attacks against other people. He uses his facebook as malicious tool to directly and indirectly attack people or champion for causes. It is riddled with petty drama as well as self-inflating images. There are also a lot of links and "applications" that are pop-culture oriented, mostly tv shows. All in all, this person's facebook is a more flamboyant expression of the actual person; my guess is that this person is afraid to be truly them self in public so the internet is a way to express these suppressed aspects. This user is our age.
Facebook Stalk #2
This next person is a recently married and her facebook makes that very evident. Whether its the profile picture, status updates, or wedding book applications, this facebook scream marriage. Her facebook is also used as a promotional tool for her new upstart design business; she has contact information, business description, and details in her info section. Lastly, it appears that she uses facebook as a tool for keeping in touch with people, especially her family, as most of the wall posts are "how are you", "haven't talked to you in a while", etc. She also has a few quizzes like "what celebrity but are you". This user is two years out of college.
Facebook Stalk #3
My last facebook stalk is of a friend who has just entered college at a art institute. She has lots of "artsty" pictures of her tagged as well as has several albums showcasing her work. It is a very expressionistic facebook, but it seems to be a bit more positive compared to Facebook stalk #1. This girl is all about promoting her art and making an artistic statement whether that is through links or "artsy/poetic/coded" status updates. She is also a political activist as she is friends with a lot of politicians and political movements; she also is a fan of these politicians as well.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Victory for Net Nuetrality
There has been some major steps forward in net neutrality recently. CNN has this video briefly describing it. Basically, net nuetrality is in the books now which prevent the phone and cable companies from skewing access to the internet.
And don't worry, I will post my facebook findings in a bit.
And don't worry, I will post my facebook findings in a bit.
GLOBAL FACEBOOK
My boyfriend is Australian, and lives in Perth, Western Australia. So when starting this assignment, I thought it would be interesting to look at how people in different countries use Facebook versus in the United States. From what I observed, on a majority of my friends facebook accounts from Australia, they use facebook very differently than in the US. Their pages are filled with quizzes of every kind. It is basically what all of them do on the social network. They rarely write on each others walls. It is mainly a page full of quizzes and applications with status updates every once in awhile. None of them have very many pictures tagged of them. I found this very interesting compared to people in the United States. This leads me to the second person I looked at. This girl was from Croatia. Again, like the Australians, she used facebook as an area to take many quizzes, but she also had albums after albums of only pictures of herself and no one else. I also notice, even though she is from Croatia, she wrote in English in many of her statuses and picture comments. I then checked my friends page who is from Switzerland and I noticed the same thing, that many of his updates were in English. Lastly, I looked at a girl who I lived with in Barcelona, Spain for a month when I was in high school. Compared to the other 2 from Australia and Croatia, I saw hers as pretty typical from what mine or other citizens of the United States facebook looks like. She had tons of pictures from her at her University tagged as well as on vacations. She did not update her status frequently, but when people wrote on her wall or she had a status it was in Spanish or Catalun. From looking at 3 people from 3 different countries, I found it a cultural thing as to how you act on facebook and what you do.
Now lastly, Here is a funny video about facebook teasing it with Eharmony.com.
Facebook blog-stalking
Friend #1
She is a female who updates her status at least three times a day. She usually post either about how she is feeling that day or what music she is listening too. Her profile pictures change often but always with her and a person she loves, if it is a good friend or her boyfriend. She posts pictures of every event she has a camera and always tags herself (as well as all her friends) in every photo. The top three groups she is in consist of music, hometown, and supporting good efforts around the world. She doesn't take a lot of quizzes or play very many games, but she does post update/video on current news that she thinks her friends might be interested in, like the announcement of a groups tour.
Friend #2
This girl keeps her life semi-classified. She only posts on her status about once a week and limits the amount people can see on her wall, most of the time you can only see what has been posted the last week and everything else is closed off. However, all her pictures are posted and usually her profile picture is of her and something to do with her sorority. In fact, most of the pictures she is tagged in are her at sorority functions. She does not belong to a lot of groups and the majority of the ones she belongs to have to deal with Greek life. She is "friends" with some celebrities like Paris Hilton, but she does not do quizzes or play games that it looks like.
Friend#3
This guy will update his post almost five times a day. Usually the posts are somehow related to work, how he is bored at work, about the temperature at work, and even about the office furniture. He defiantly comments more on his own post then anyone else does. He is 'friends' with a good amount of bands but also stores. His groups range vastly from one another from music, to politics, and then on to random groups. His profile picture is a photo of Rodney Dangerfield from Caddyshack. Most of his profile pictures are either funny photos of him or of famous actors. He doesn't play a lot of games but his friends vote him in a lot of quizzes they take.
Facebook Friends
Friend 1:
He updates his status at least 4 to 5 times a day, as well as posting interesting, silly or political things one to two times a day. He has 148 friends, and is friends only with people he knows, mostly people from his college and isn’t friends with any bands, famous people or things. All of his profile pictures are photos taken of him by others usually out on trips or at restaurants, they are usually photos of just him, or cropped to show just him, with a few with other people. It doesn’t look like he ever participates in any quizzes, games or groups. He portrays himself as a funny, open, clever person that is cool enough to have a Facebook, but doesn’t fully participate within it.
Friend 2:
She updates her status 2 to 6 times a week usually commenting on something she thought about or did that day. She has 325 friends, and most of them look like they are from her home or college. She is part of groups about French politics, College spirit groups and a few humor, possible inside joke groups. Almost all of the photos are of his by her or with one of two other girls they are usually taken by her holding the camera up, and a few taken by other people; she usually has the same pouty expression in all of her photos. It doesn’t look like she ever participates in games or quizzes, but posts photos fairly frequently at least once a week. It makes her seem mildly involved with herself, but fairly open and friendly and she gets many comments on he profile every day.
Friend 3:
He updates his status a few times a month, usually when he has something clever to say about his present situation. He has 278 friends from all over the country a majority from his home or college however. The groups that he is a part of are usually something that pertains to politics or college organizations with a few or something pertaining to beer. Most of the photos are of him by himself, and about half are some sort of humorous photo that actually mocks him or shows him in an unflattering light. It looks like the few quizzes that he participates in usually have to do with funny movies and the character you might be in the movie.
He updates his status at least 4 to 5 times a day, as well as posting interesting, silly or political things one to two times a day. He has 148 friends, and is friends only with people he knows, mostly people from his college and isn’t friends with any bands, famous people or things. All of his profile pictures are photos taken of him by others usually out on trips or at restaurants, they are usually photos of just him, or cropped to show just him, with a few with other people. It doesn’t look like he ever participates in any quizzes, games or groups. He portrays himself as a funny, open, clever person that is cool enough to have a Facebook, but doesn’t fully participate within it.
Friend 2:
She updates her status 2 to 6 times a week usually commenting on something she thought about or did that day. She has 325 friends, and most of them look like they are from her home or college. She is part of groups about French politics, College spirit groups and a few humor, possible inside joke groups. Almost all of the photos are of his by her or with one of two other girls they are usually taken by her holding the camera up, and a few taken by other people; she usually has the same pouty expression in all of her photos. It doesn’t look like she ever participates in games or quizzes, but posts photos fairly frequently at least once a week. It makes her seem mildly involved with herself, but fairly open and friendly and she gets many comments on he profile every day.
Friend 3:
He updates his status a few times a month, usually when he has something clever to say about his present situation. He has 278 friends from all over the country a majority from his home or college however. The groups that he is a part of are usually something that pertains to politics or college organizations with a few or something pertaining to beer. Most of the photos are of him by himself, and about half are some sort of humorous photo that actually mocks him or shows him in an unflattering light. It looks like the few quizzes that he participates in usually have to do with funny movies and the character you might be in the movie.
Facebook Profiles
Friend I:
To begin with she has over 500 photos of herself that either she put up or was tagged in along with over 115 albums has been tagged according to where, when and for the most part who is in the photos. Her profile picture is just a general profile picture. Also she has over 800 friends none being celebrities or people that are in the limelight one way or the other. Passed the multitude of friends and photos though she isn't very active with updates or posts. She doesn't belong too many groups or fan pages although the ones she is in are school related. It would seem that she uses the amount of friends and photos as a form of communicating with people if she has to.
Friend II
Is very very into updating his "wall" when it comes to posting links to videos/articles that he finds online that usually are more intellectually based (science daily, ted talks, ect). He also has a fair amount of posts about either his art or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu whether its fan pages, video posts, status updates, and photos. When he does status updates that don't have a link they are usually witty in nature. His profile picture is of Hank Hill from King of the Hill and has had other pictures of other animated characters. This friend of mine uses his facebook as a blog to share little morsels of wisdom he finds on the internet to showcase his interests.
Friend III
Seems to just have a facebook to have it. Isn't active really at all on it, has only 20 friends and 5 pictures of himself. His profile is pretty barren which can make me wonder if he is very selective when it comes to using it or whether he has an account to have a sense of belonging by just having one.
To begin with she has over 500 photos of herself that either she put up or was tagged in along with over 115 albums has been tagged according to where, when and for the most part who is in the photos. Her profile picture is just a general profile picture. Also she has over 800 friends none being celebrities or people that are in the limelight one way or the other. Passed the multitude of friends and photos though she isn't very active with updates or posts. She doesn't belong too many groups or fan pages although the ones she is in are school related. It would seem that she uses the amount of friends and photos as a form of communicating with people if she has to.
Friend II
Is very very into updating his "wall" when it comes to posting links to videos/articles that he finds online that usually are more intellectually based (science daily, ted talks, ect). He also has a fair amount of posts about either his art or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu whether its fan pages, video posts, status updates, and photos. When he does status updates that don't have a link they are usually witty in nature. His profile picture is of Hank Hill from King of the Hill and has had other pictures of other animated characters. This friend of mine uses his facebook as a blog to share little morsels of wisdom he finds on the internet to showcase his interests.
Friend III
Seems to just have a facebook to have it. Isn't active really at all on it, has only 20 friends and 5 pictures of himself. His profile is pretty barren which can make me wonder if he is very selective when it comes to using it or whether he has an account to have a sense of belonging by just having one.
Facebook friends
1:
She does not outwardly write about herself or share information that way, but instead she chooses to join 45 groups and be friends with all sorts of different athletes (Michael Phelps), bands (Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Marley), and tv shows (Hey Arnold). Although the one section she did fill out to great extent under her "info" page is the jobs section. Her profile pictures are of her and friends, basically normal although in some she does come across as slightly...odd. Just a little out there, in a good way. I get the feeling she would rather not write about herself but let people base their impressions of her off her work experience and "fans". This is a safe way to tell about yourself without outwardly writing about yourself.
2:
He updates his status very very frequently. He chooses not to include any information about himself but he does have 112 "fan pages" he is apart of including various bands, actors, locations, films, and businesses. I also found it interesting that he choose to make his friends his various "family members" filling up all the sections of married to...siblings...and children with friends. He is obviously very active with facebook and likes the communication aspect of it (talking/exchanging with friends)
3:
Filled out a lot of information about herself, but the info is shallow. under activities it includes "blasting loud music. dancing in the passengers seat." Both activities she may feel makes her seem "cool" or fun. She is also friends with Barack Obama and Robert Pattinson. I just feel she is trying too hard to be seen as cool by her peers and she is just forming to the likes of everyone.
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