5 primary practices of young users (on tinder)
As we know, many things affect how our online identities can be interpreted by our audiences. These 5 things below (adherence, subversion, discrepancy, obfuscation, and equivocation) demonstrate many things users of social media (not only Tinder) do to alter their own online identities.
1. Adherence: “[the users] impression of what is required of them when it comes to their processes of Participation and Representation on Tinder.” i.e. a little blurb about yourself on your profile.
2. Subversion: those that are still exploring their identity or are not comfortable posting real pictures/ information of themselves online. i.e. your profile picture as a cat or your age as 101.
3. Discrepancy: “users represent themselves in a varied and at times, conflicting manner.” i.e. users posting pictures representing different “versions” of themselves.
4. Obfuscation: using deliberately blurry or “embellished” pictures to “alter the viewer’s impression of the users corporeal or physical self.” i.e. filters
5. Equivocation: using group pictures to make it harder for viewers to tell who you are. Also using close-up pictures of body parts to hinder the viewers ability to see the users full appearance.
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Borrow, B. (2014, August 6). More Than Just a Pretty Profile: Exploring the social norms and technical affordances that shape and mediate identity performance on Tinder. Retrieved October 26, 2014. Â















