My Web Presence
My web presence is something I want people to look at and get an understanding about me. When someone looks at my web presence, I want them to see the positive side of me, not the bad. I want people to see that I like to have a good time and meet people just like everyone else. The things I say, the people I appeal to, and my images are three things I think people look at to judge my web presence. People use the internet and social sites to meet others. I created a web presence to do the same.
When I put status on my site, I watch what I say because I never know who could be looking at what I post. For example, my mother is one of my friends on Facebook. I wouldn’t want her to see me saying something explicit on the internet. There could also be bosses and potential employers looking at my site and see something I said. I want my web presence to represent me in a positive way. When people look at my page, they should not have anything bad to say about me. I said I created a web presence to meet new people, possible friends. If I put explicit things up, people may think I’m not friend material. There were times when I would post something controversial, but it was to have a discussion about that certain topic. Even though I would talk about a controversial topic, I would still watch the things I would say. Twitter is a social site where I would post differently than Facebook. I have just college students as my friends on Twitter, so I say things college students appeal to. My web presence appeals to other college students like me. I joined social sites like Facebook and Twitter to meet people from Valdosta State University and my home town to make new friends. When I first joined these sites, I was told not to put my picture up and information because of predators. I have my pages on privacy, so I can only add people that I want to appeal to like people around my age. Even though my pages are set to private, I don’t put personal information like my address and phone number. I have morals my family have thought me. I try not to say things that would disappoint others. On Facebook is where I watch what I say the most. I appeal to people around my age, but I have friends on Facebook that are parents of my friends and teachers. That makes me behave. Twitter is a little different. I talk about things on campus I experience on the day to day because I have nothing but college students as friends.
My images are the last thing I think would defy my web presence. I have nothing on my images that would symbolize no morals. I put images on my social sites just to show what I look like not to make a statement. Obscene images help me make bad first impressions of others and that is not what I want others to think of me. Like I said before, I have teachers and parents on Facebook. Someone could see an offensive image on my page and tell my parents and then I’m looked down upon.
My images are the last thing I think would defy my web presence. I have nothing on my images that would symbolize no morals. I put images on my social sites just to show what I look like not to make a statement. Obscene images help me make bad first impressions of others and that is not what I want others to think of me. Like I said before, I have teachers and parents on Facebook. Someone could see an offensive image on my page and tell my parents and then I’m looked down upon.
In conclusion, I want my web presence to symbolize someone with good morals. I wanted to appeal to college students and people around my age when I created my web presence. I think in order to have good web presence, I have to watch what I say, make sure my images are appropriate, and have a certain audience to appeal to. In the future, I can see myself still using social sites to communicate with others. Social sites are now a part of communication, and I can see it increasing over the next years. Web presence will be important in the future also.
