Swoon

I think that this is another example of the allowance that the internet, and subsequently the casual way that people can interact through it, gives people in letting them discuss what they want, in any manner, whether it be with words, pictures, audio clips, videos, etc. It permits them to use all these tools to convey emotion, thoughts, fears and desires with the most specific images or words. It also does not have the same amount of pressure that a face to face meeting or discussion requires, because they other party does not see your thoughts until you have clicked send. Of course this also does bring up the issue of longevity, in that once it is posted, depending on where it is posted, can not be removed.

Response 5

Turing wrote, "the question and answer method seems to be suitable for introducing almost any one of the fields of human endeavour that we wish to include." By asking a question, you are instigating the need for a response from the other party. Asking questions is vital to learning about someone else on the internet because most people are not free with information, not because they don't want to reveal too much, though that does happen in some cases, but because they just aren't sure where to start. It is much easier to respond to a question than to just come out and say something about yourself. Then in the response, this gives the other party to return a question, keeping the level of revelation mutual.

This leads to what Turing said about understanding the other individual, "...the only way to know that a man thinks is to be that particular man." The only way to gain insight into what another person, to truly understand them, is to be them, but because that is impossible, we are left with getting their interpertations of feelings, emotions, thoughts and ideas to try and mimic that in our own minds to orient ourselves to their thinking.

I think Turing's view on online identity is the ease in which it can be hidden and the challenge of getting to the truth, in regards to the identity of the other party. The Turing Test is used all the time when people communicate online, trying to probe others to reveal information to prove they are who they are protraying themselves to be.

Internet Person

My internet persona is Charlotte Ahn. She has a gmail.com account, twitter, under the name cahn, Facebook.com at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1524222172, MySpace.com under the name Charlotte, and blogger with the blog Daily Cresendo.

Charlotte was born on Feb. 29th 1984, a leap year, to an African American mother and a Korean father. They all live in Anchorage, Alaska where Charlotte also goes to school as a graduate student for music education.

Charlotte likes music and the T.V. show "Heroes" and her cat Felix. She's invested a lot of time and money into her education but it's starting to wear on her and she is having second thoughts. She also would like to leave the area and go somewhere else more exciting.