http://whyismarko.com/2007/teenagers-personality-shedding-and-the-desire-to-start-over/ life, faith, youth ministry, emerging church, leadership, whimsy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://whyismarko.com/2007/teenagers-personality-shedding-and-the-desire-to-start-over/comment-page-1/#comment-73174 John Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:00:45 +0000 http://www.ysmarko.com/?p=1217#comment-73174 I'm not so sure it has to do with love/hate of portability or strong ID. Teens are not necessarily the opposite of adults, they just view and use the internet differently. My impression is that being present to others online is more important to emerging generations of users than being at a fixed point on the web. Profiles, names, layouts... they're all quickly changed and reflect whatever the user may be feeling at the time. From conversations with teenagers about this, I'm not convinced that users' identities extend to their online personnas nearly as much as those of us who are older and have crossed over into the internet from other, more static identities. I’m not so sure it has to do with love/hate of portability or strong ID. Teens are not necessarily the opposite of adults, they just view and use the internet differently. My impression is that being present to others online is more important to emerging generations of users than being at a fixed point on the web. Profiles, names, layouts… they’re all quickly changed and reflect whatever the user may be feeling at the time. From conversations with teenagers about this, I’m not convinced that users’ identities extend to their online personnas nearly as much as those of us who are older and have crossed over into the internet from other, more static identities.

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