Comments on: Of Facebook and phone booths http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/01/of_facebook_and_phone_booths.html a library weblog by Steve Lawson Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:51:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dance of the Infinite Veils II « Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/01/of_facebook_and_phone_booths.html/comment-page-1#comment-487 Dance of the Infinite Veils II « Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:53:14 +0000 http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/01/of_facebook_and_phone_booths.html#comment-487 [...] not the only one trying to find that delicate balance. Several of my favorite bloggers, including Steve Lawson, Mark Lindner, and Jennifer Macaulay), write about the problematic aspects of separating the [...] [...] not the only one trying to find that delicate balance. Several of my favorite bloggers, including Steve Lawson, Mark Lindner, and Jennifer Macaulay), write about the problematic aspects of separating the [...]

]]> By: Jason http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/01/of_facebook_and_phone_booths.html/comment-page-1#comment-465 Jason Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:49:53 +0000 http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/01/of_facebook_and_phone_booths.html#comment-465 I think online "double-identity" is an interesting issue. It's sad that one has to have different personas online, but I have found ways to cope. After reading about library and librarian presence in a discussion list early last year, I decided to start a MySpace account. I had good intentions, but I used it exclusively as a personal space. Eventually, I deleted my account and I ceased to exist in MySpace. (I'm sure I'm hardly missed.) However, I started a stripped-down identity under a different name and sex, just so I could still join groups and visit profiles of people I knew <em>incognito</em>. (Sometime, I hope to do a posting on my own blog about this experience.) Regarding my blog persona, I have kept myself semi-anonymous... though someone could probably figure out my real-world identity rather easily. I suppose my decision derives from the imposed dichotomy of the personal and the professional, which Jennifer seems to mention in her comment. Many of my blogs relate to the profession, but I occasionally indulge in personal postings. Perhaps more accurately, I have professional postings that contain personal perspectives, and I try to draw professional issues into my personal postings so they don't seem too self-indulgent. I think online “double-identity” is an interesting issue. It’s sad that one has to have different personas online, but I have found ways to cope.

After reading about library and librarian presence in a discussion list early last year, I decided to start a MySpace account. I had good intentions, but I used it exclusively as a personal space. Eventually, I deleted my account and I ceased to exist in MySpace. (I’m sure I’m hardly missed.) However, I started a stripped-down identity under a different name and sex, just so I could still join groups and visit profiles of people I knew incognito. (Sometime, I hope to do a posting on my own blog about this experience.)

Regarding my blog persona, I have kept myself semi-anonymous… though someone could probably figure out my real-world identity rather easily. I suppose my decision derives from the imposed dichotomy of the personal and the professional, which Jennifer seems to mention in her comment. Many of my blogs relate to the profession, but I occasionally indulge in personal postings. Perhaps more accurately, I have professional postings that contain personal perspectives, and I try to draw professional issues into my personal postings so they don’t seem too self-indulgent.

]]> By: Jennifer Macaulay http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/01/of_facebook_and_phone_booths.html/comment-page-1#comment-464 Jennifer Macaulay Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:48:51 +0000 http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/01/of_facebook_and_phone_booths.html#comment-464 I was also extremely interested in Alisia Wygant's post. One of the more fascinating aspects of social software sites is the (sometimes unintended) interweaving of personal and professional lives - and the possibility that the two can't be completely separated. As we in libraries continue to wade deeper into the realm of social software, I think that this will become a much larger issue. I wonder if some educational institutions will prohibit staff from using such commercial sites because the institution can't control behaviors, branding and identities. Wygant has coined a great term - "identity-ducking." That line made me laugh!!! I was also extremely interested in Alisia Wygant’s post. One of the more fascinating aspects of social software sites is the (sometimes unintended) interweaving of personal and professional lives – and the possibility that the two can’t be completely separated. As we in libraries continue to wade deeper into the realm of social software, I think that this will become a much larger issue. I wonder if some educational institutions will prohibit staff from using such commercial sites because the institution can’t control behaviors, branding and identities.

Wygant has coined a great term – “identity-ducking.” That line made me laugh!!!

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