So I
found out about this new site that can search through all your posts on your
social networks and tell you about yourself.
I thought
it was a really interesting idea to compare what you share about yourself
through various social networks versus how you view yourself.
What you
can do is connect with your Facebook account, and It will give you back an
analysis of what you post about (or even a lack of posting). It can sort out what
percent of your social network discusses various topics such as TV and Film,
Travel, Studying, Sports, Art, Food, Fashion, Technology, Music, Gaming,
Science, etc. It can tell you what your most popular photos or statuses were,
what time of day you tend to post, how much information you put out there
(ratio of posting vs liking or favoriting that of others) and even your general
mood.
I would
like to learn much more about how they analyze this data because some of it
doesn't sound like me. However the idea of such a disconnect existing between
someone’s perception of themselves and the culmination of themselves that
exists in their social networks is rather intriguing! It can tell us about which
parts of ourselves we’re comfortable sharing and how we are perceived by
others.
Another aspect of this website is you can link
other social networks in addition to Facebook. I linked this with my twitter
and YouTube accounts and it significantly influenced the results! Apparently
overall I am much more interested in tech, tv and film, and music when I
include twitter and YouTube, and less interested in fashion and food. It would
make sense that linking my YouTube account would indicate that I like music and
tv and film more than my Facebook alone because videos are not the main focus
of the Facebook network, as well as the proportion of how much I post going up
with twitter (where it is specifically designed for me to post frequently), and
going down with YouTube (where I use it to organize my intake of online video).
I think this tool can reflect both how we can express different versions of
ourselves, and also how the nature of the social networking platform can
influence that.
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