Representation

I agree with the myspace and facebook comments. I think it is interesting how online services have and are becoming more our identities to the world. Slowly we are using online services to be the people we want to be. It is a bit like creating a character on a video game. We can exaggerate some of the details. I have read about this becoming a problem as far as communication goes. People are relying more and more on these identities and ways of communicating and in the process are losing out on some of the social skills that are so important in the "real" world.