Comments on: Personae – a proposal for the recognition of our multiplicity in social media

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By: Tony Zito

Tony Zito — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000

Another way to conceptualize “personae” is with the metaphor of “channels.” So instead of imaging yourself as multiple, you imagine your (wholly unified) self broadcasting on different channels, each with a potentially different audience.

By: Tony Zito

Tony Zito — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:45:55 +0000

And the world is a sorrier place because of it, Mark. We need your loving acidity, more than you know.

By: mark lazen

mark lazen — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:02:01 +0000

This is why I say so little on Twitter. My Personae are at war. And though I know that the horrible and offensive things I wish to say are offered only with the kindest intentions, not everybody gets that, as I have discovered to my mortification. So rather than be thought a know-it-all, or unprofessional, or a cad, I say nothing. And thereby I am mistakenly thought wise by those that know me. But of course, I don’t tweet, so nobody knows me…

By: Tony Zito

Tony Zito — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:36:16 +0000

On Facebook, my friend Rick asked:
Good read Tony. But why limit it to twitter? There needs to be a unifying component that takes the multiplicity and social graphs cross site.

My response:
Totally. Didn’t mean to explicitly limit it to Twitter. This is a use-case I was arguing for in conversations about [MTV Networks'] Flux way back when. Twitter is useful in talking about it, though, because it is a) a fairly simple, barebones platform (though getting less so each day), and (more importantly) b) has an asymmetrical relationship model, so you have little control over your audience. (As opposed to a symmetrical system like FB’s, in which you can simply categorize each of your friends and thus effectively declare your “persona” vis-a-vis them.)