[9:43:48 PM] Camille Thomas: ok
[9:49:41 PM] Camille Thomas: so what did you think about how the korean girl and the arab girls thought about identity online?
[10:06:30 PM] Nicole Dodd: i thought it was interesting how the arab girls thought facebook was dangerous fir their reputation. Im not saying its rediculous because it does have that potential but just how religion has a influence on societal norms irrelevant to the korans teachings
[10:10:00 PM] Camille Thomas: yeah I always knew image was important here in the us because of hacking and wanting the most friends. I guess I knew it could be fake but not that it would be bad for people to see every part of who you are
[10:10:30 PM] Camille Thomas: like that one girl said it was disturbing for people to know where you are or what youre doing all the time, but it really is
[10:10:46 PM] Camille Thomas: especially if your being watched so much like they are in arab society
[10:10:50 PM] Nicole Dodd: what about u?
[10:17:45 PM] Camille Thomas: did you get the stuff I said?
[10:19:14 PM] Nicole Dodd: yes i did sorry there was a delay
[10:20:37 PM] Nicole Dodd: but it can be quite scary but i feel like thats what privacy settings are for. I mean you decide what information or pictures
[10:21:26 PM] Nicole Dodd: you let the world to see you can even control who sees what type of wall posts or albums your friends can see
[10:22:12 PM] Camille Thomas: but people can find it anyway if they know how to look. Most people wouldnt or dont know how but if one person like found a way it would be bad for them
[10:22:40 PM] Camille Thomas: but i guess yeah with the new privacy settings it would be better/ easier to make certain things private
[10:34:08 PM] Nicole Dodd: you do have a point because the same way employers look at your information through paid services the applications we accept like farmville have access to our information as well
[10:39:38 PM] Nicole Dodd: I guess it depends on how the facebook administrators value a users preference for privacy
[10:40:29 PM] Nicole Dodd: What did you think about the korean passage?
[10:43:22 PM] Camille Thomas: i couldn't understand why that one girl was against the trendy cute poses and then would do them anyway. I had a hard time understanding why they were "a trend" anyway. I guess here "myspace" kind of profile pic trends were just things people thought looked good, but weren't doing like so knowingly
[10:43:28 PM] Camille Thomas: well maybe we were
[10:48:40 PM] Nicole Dodd: I get that she was mocking the stereotype but I dont get how she had to do it more than once and then defended itbl
[10:49:11 PM] Nicole Dodd: it like she intrinsically believed her face was getting cuter
[10:51:04 PM] Camille Thomas: yeah. i dont really get that. well actually i guess i can relate to wanting people to see you in a cute or fun or trendy way even if you dont REALLY care about stuff like that. you're still wanting people to think your cool and its even harder online because the whole world is online, so how cool can one person be
[10:51:07 PM] Nicole Dodd: However I think her friends were a lot like most americanized kids where they either refer to their culture as archaic because it doesnt fit with their
[10:52:05 PM] Nicole Dodd: modern traditions or because they are indirectly refrained
[10:53:04 PM] Camille Thomas: yeah i agree that its hard to take tradition seriously when theres so much else to understand thats new
[10:56:09 PM] Nicole Dodd: yea I think I can relate because at much as people can be proud of their culture whenever my Mom and I go to jamaica she always reminds me to be nice but to be mindful of the way I act because Americans are considered to have apathy abd confidence
[10:58:06 PM] Nicole Dodd: also when my family comes to the U.S. my mom wont say much but depending on the behavior or speech my aunt decides to use she gets a little embarrassed or belittles my aunt
[11:00:13 PM] Camille Thomas: yeah i guess its really disrespectful but i feel like its dumb to act one way in front of people despite how you actually feel. even though everyone does it. it makes less sense online i think
[11:00:23 PM] Camille Thomas: or maybe more sense because everyone can see it
[11:00:49 PM] Camille Thomas: im like contradicting myself in every statement lol
[11:06:18 PM] Nicole Dodd: yea but its ok i dont think its about the right thing its more about awareness trying to understand each other so dont feel bad about it we are likely to conform to fit in but not everyone feels comfortable or has the effort to be open about their culture
[11:06:54 PM] Nicole Dodd: you cant always control how you feel about your surroundings
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