My comment for Cat65:
Awesome insight! I think your facebook account really highlights how easy it is to create a fake identity online, even on a supposedly nonymous site like facebook! When sites are in fact anonymous, it is even less likely that people will stay true to their offline identities.
Your Charlotte Dawson example demonstrates that when interaction anonymously online, people feel free to say whatever they want because there is no way that it can be traced back to them. Unfortunately, that does often mean cyber bullying and trolling, as you pointed out.
I think your blog really grasps this week's topic and puts it in a way that we can easily relate to. You could possibly even consider the form of language used online compared to offline (how we are less formal and tend to use 'text talk' even though it is text), and how that impacts on the interaction. :)
Your Charlotte Dawson example demonstrates that when interaction anonymously online, people feel free to say whatever they want because there is no way that it can be traced back to them. Unfortunately, that does often mean cyber bullying and trolling, as you pointed out.
I think your blog really grasps this week's topic and puts it in a way that we can easily relate to. You could possibly even consider the form of language used online compared to offline (how we are less formal and tend to use 'text talk' even though it is text), and how that impacts on the interaction. :)
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