#socio-digitalself

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EMERGENT - Socio-Digital Self

The socio-digital self is the life we have in the internet. After the discussions about this, I learned that being able to adapt to modern technology is a must in this generation we live in. A good example why is this pandemic. Notice how almost everything done face-to-face in the past transitioned to online setups. Businesses were done mostly online, and even education is taken online and so much more. However, there is still this responsibility that we must ensure that we use technology properly. This is why we have digital citizenship. This is anjointed in 3 general principles: respecting, educating, and protecting oneself and other. This citizenships purpose is to regulate human behavior in this digital world.

Something that could be brought up in this topic is something i mentioned in the past. Online disinhibition, where a person could feel like he or she is at home in the internet or if he or she is just straight up rude and really jsut uses the internet to harass people. Whatever it is, online disinhibition is the way we see people communicate in the internet.

In the internet, there is something we call "anonymity". It is being anonymous, keeping your real identity away hidden while being able to be open in the internet. As far as I know, most anonymous people enjoy doing stupid things like harass others while there are others who just wants to help out.

The internet is filled with different personalities. It could either be who the person truly is or it also could be different in an actual setting. The digital world continues to improve and it's something that is involved in our every day lives now. It is important to know the elements of digital citizenship in order to cope up and adapt to the new things that happens in the digital world. After all that, I keep track of what I do in the internet. I don't reveal too much of myself and I think about what I share before I do it. I am doing my responsibility in keeping the internet less toxic and I think I am doing a good job being a digital citizen.

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SOCIAL SELF - The Socio-Digital Self

To make this part simple, the socio-digital self is the life a person has within the internet. Before having GED101, I used to think that the physical life explains everything within a persons internet life. I found out I was wrong. In the internet, social media is something that us humans use to interact with one another digitally. Through social media, people interact with one another but it is not happening face-to-face so you don't have to actually be there to be there. Hope that makes sense. I learned that there is actually a term that defines that. It is called the "Online Disembodiment." So usually, in social media, people don't really have to show who they actually are, so they could argue all they want which is something that I will talk about later.

So the digital identity is the identity the person has in the internet. I thought that this was something only applicable in social media, turns out it is applicable for all your indentity in the internet. A good example is in games. In my games, I am identified as Cookie, and no one really knows my actual identity.

Then we go to the Online Disinhibition Effect. There are two: Benign disinhibition and Toxic disinhibition. Benign dishibition from my understanding is when a person is more open and more comfortable in the internet. These are the people who would be more interactive in the internet and just feels way better whenever they get interact with others from the internet, without necessarily knowing the actual identity of other people. These are the kind people in the internet. From how I see it, I think I am one of those hehe. Then there is Toxic disinhibition which is toxic.There are many of these and the best example really are trolls in the internet. They do not reveal their identity and all they really want to do is piss people off and trigger someone as much as possible. They find pleaseure and this and it's cringe.

All this are new knowledge to me. All I knew was the internet, and never really knew the terms that are used for different people like this. After this, although I don't think I'm toxic in the internet because I barely post anything, I've became more aware of the things I read, post, and share. I think we all have the responsibility to keep the internet as nice as possible. Although it seems impossible, seeing that there is an endless increase of trolls recently, I think if we start with ourselves, eventually the internet might be a friendly place.

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Sharing simple joys in life for other people to see and enjoy. I tend to share picture of my pets because they are really photogenic and I would love for other people to see how cute they are.

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A place for me to share my daily rants about life and everything that surrounds it. I still keep secrets but here is the outlet for little things that irritate me at most.

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The first social media account I had since I was a kid I think. At first it was about the facebook games like Pet Society but it became a need for communication when I got older. There are announcements usually from school and events that I would like to go. Sometimes I share pictures mostly of my travels with family because they really want me to download it.