Facebook Profiles

In the virtuality lecture we discussed how one manages their Facebook and cultivates a certain facework or impression through it (using tactics such as accumulating many friends etc). In this sense, Facebook is hierarchical and it is possible to move up and down in the ranks, increasing or decreasing your virtual worth. This reminded me of a very witty piece I read online last month from another blog - it's an interesting take on social / virtual currency.

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2010/how-to-appear-cooler-on-facebook-than-you-really-are/

- emma