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MY IDToday‟s the day, tonight‟s the

night.

SHOBI SEN

Creating an identity online can be

difficult. I found it very challenging

to stand out from the multitudes of

engaging personalities presenting

themselves on the „interweb‟. Until

I realized that there could only

ever be one me. Currently my ID

consists of me trying to put myself

out there, just as I would in a real

life, face to face situation.

Ultimately my mission is to

present myself in a way

where I can honestly say,

“Yeah that‟s me.” I Don‟t

really want to be someone

I‟m not, and I want people

to know the mind behind

the works presented.

Creating a personality

takes time and talent.

Whether it is fictional or

realistic.

ID HUB

Tumblr• Twitter

• Instagram

Twitter• facebook

• tumblr

Facebook• tumblr

• instagram

Vimeo

• ABC Pool

• Facebook

• Academic Blog

Instagram • facebook

I use Instagram to share

my love of photography

to my friends and people

who have the same

interests as me. I am

very selective as to what

I upload.

I joined twitter early on, and

didn‟t have too much use

for it. Up until I realized that

it had so much potential. I

use Twitter mainly for

information. I think

participating is easy,

because it felt natural to

want to re-tweet something

someone said, almost like

you would share a piece of

gossip.

As much as I tried to keep

Twitter professional,

sometimes you can‟t help

but be a little personal.

Tweeting articles, pieces of

information, and things that

matter to me, allow me to

flesh out my Twitter profile.

Facebook is almost completely personally. I use it to purely connect with friends and

people that I am interested in. Here I upload my photos, musings and „fun‟ things. I

have never really used Facebook to publish any academic work, and I don‟t see

that changing in the near future.

My Tumblr is almost as if

my Twitter and Facebook

merged. Here I can be

myself without having to

worry about being too

professional or personal. I

use Tumblr mostly to

appease my inner fangirl,

and I find that I am most

participatory on this

platform. Re-blogging,

commenting, creating

media such as “gifs”

especially for my profile, I

find myself putting more

time and effort to the posts

made on Tumblr.

Creating a successful Tumblr

for pure entertainment is an

achievement. Myself and

some friends were inspired to

create a blog centered

around American swimmer,

Nathan Adrian, and have

managed to gather over 300

followers to-date. This is why,

I find, that Tumblr is more of

a community based platform.

Connecting different social media allows content

to flow from one aspect of my life to another.

Using different posts to gather feedback from

various people is a great way of attaining a wider

audience.

ABC Pool is new to me. I have begun to explore it but unfortunately have no content

that I feel fits the requirements of the platform. Undoubtedly I feel that it will be

important in the future, but for now, it lays there unused.

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