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Meta-Analysis

So, at first I was a little wary of creating an entire persona on the internet. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to be creative enough to make a different person. I always didn't really like the idea of using pictures of other people and claiming them as my own -- as a random, fake person. I know if I found a picture of myself with not only someone else's name, but an entire personality attached, I'd be insanely freaked out. I guess that's just goes to show how expansive and easy to access the Internet is. Without even my knowledge, ever, someone could have used all of my information to make something just like I just did. Anyway, I wasn't going to use any pictures of real people, just cartoons or pictures of other things that weren't directly related to my fake person. However, I then found a few pictures that I thought would be ok, that didn't make me feel like I was stealing someone's pictures or even identity. I didn't make any of them my main profile picture. I just put them in albums so someone could find them if they were really searching. As far as coming up with a person, I took this opportunity to make this new person a lot like myself. I have always been a little uneasy about putting a large amount of information about myself on the Internet. I have a facebook profile that is private and doesn't have that much personal infromation on it. That's the only sight I have really put myself out there on. However, with Jayden, I was able to express myself without feeling like I was truly revealing my identity. I was able to let my personality shine through, but didn't have to tack my name, address, school, etc on with it. Jayden is a little different, she isn't going to finish college. I worked for Disney, so she's sort of like what I would have done if I didn't care that my parents were disappointed or I didn't have much ambition. Even though I was completely nervous about making this fake person, I eventually had a lot of fun doing it because I made her a lot like myself. I was able to express myself without feeling scared. I definitely enjoyed Jayden!