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Social networking profiles capture true personality: Do you agree?

Created by : Leena Pawar, Tech Architect, IT Infotech  | 12 04 2009 07:02:58 +0000
Industry : InternetFunctional Area : Performance(Corporate Finance)
Keywords : social networking sites personality
Activity:  894 views;  last activity : 07 06 2010 20:18:09 +0000

According to a new research, people use online social networks to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity. It says that online social networking profiles convey rather accurate images of the profile owners, either because people aren’t trying to look good or because they are trying and failing to pull it off. These findings suggest that online social networks are not so much about providing positive spin for the profile owners, but are instead just another medium for engaging in genuine social interactions, much like the telephone.

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Being able to express personality accurately contributes to the popularity of online social networks in two ways. First, it allows profile owners to let others know who they are and, in doing so, satisfies a basic need to be known by others. Second, it means that profile viewers feel they can trust the information they glean from online social network profiles, building their confidence in the system as a whole.

Do you also think social networking profiles captures true personality?

  
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I think yes. It decides a person's personality. It asks for likings dislikings, hobbies, passions, favourite book, colour,movies etc all togetherly can give a very clear picture of what his mentality is and thus his personality can be decided...
By Leena Pawar, Tech Architect, IT Infotech  12 04 2009 07:26:28 +0000
 
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There is no substitute for direct contact. Other forms are only fillers in absence of real contact. The body language and expressions of a person will speak a lot more than several webpages of assumed/projected identity.

However, the social media does provide a doorway to other people. How is it taken ahead depends on the networker.
By Reena Saxena, Product Head - Large Business, Govt. Business & TASC  12 05 2009 15:05:08 +0000
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Whether one will furnish details as what he/she is or one will try to portray an image about him/her self that what he/she wanna be.

Moreover, I think, one won't provide any information that what he/she don't wanna be.

So, I think in both the cases, whether the information is twisted or not, you might not know the exact character, but you can most probably judge the thought process & hence an overview of the personality. 

 
By ujjval jain, Retail, Retail  | 12 06 2009 10:26:04 +0000
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I doubt it!!

What siomeone has written to describe onself could be a twisted fantasy and may project a different than the real one!! Its difficult to really asses that and assume that the profile is always right. It may be well doctored...
By Makrand Bhave, AGM - Corporate Business, E18, part of Network 18 Group  | 12 06 2009 08:54:38 +0000
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definately not because in social networking sites there is no validation or verification mechanism dt can verify that u r the right person or information provided by u is right.any body can create a fake account or provide false information about eduacational or occupational background as well as abt personal background also.
By sonam dixit, Assistant system engineer, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)  | 12 06 2009 07:53:48 +0000
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Security point of view, social networks are not reliable.
By Mohit Singh, Product Manager, Flexsin Technologies Private Limited  | 12 06 2009 03:49:43 +0000
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Yes, i agree with the akshay bhatia views on social networking does not represent / capture true personality


By MAJETY CHANDRA SHEKHAR, Construction-Residential, SINDHU INFRATECH  | 12 05 2009 13:24:22 +0000
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No way.
By Ganesh Pavale, Information Systems(MIS)-Manager, Dolphin EMT Pvt. Ltd.  | 12 05 2009 10:36:13 +0000
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Interactions at social networking sites do make a certain degree of impression on the personality of the participant but surely profile entered by the participant himself/herself may not portray appropriate his/her persona.
By akshaya bhatia, Experienced IT plus Management Professional  | 12 04 2009 15:52:38 +0000
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I cannot agree social networking profiles decides true personality. There is no guarantee that the guarantee the user will give correct information and we cannot decide the authenticity of those informations. Also, we cannot decide whether the informations provided are enough to judge his personality or not...
By Sushil Soren, Executive Manager, Hospitality Services  | 12 04 2009 07:16:22 +0000
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