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by Sam Ladner on January 30, 2009 · 5 comments
The digital availability of social information has lead many to think it’s a crisis of privacy. It is not; it is a crisis of identity management. Designers of online profiles should think about privacy as the management of identity, which can be an easily damaged piece of social information. Users who can control access to [...]
Tagged as: facebook, goffman, identity, identity management, interaction design, linkedin, privacy, product design, profiles, social media, social networks
Categories: goffman · product design · social media
by Sam Ladner on November 30, 2007 · 20 comments
in Popular, beacon, facebook, goffman, online advertising, product design, qualitative research, technology design, user experience
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The blogosphere (and even the regular old newspaper-sphere) is alight with stories of Facebook’s online advertising flop, Beacon. What can designers learn from this flop? It’s not about privacy; it’s about the presentation of self. People have different “selves” for different places — virtual or otherwise — and designs must be consistent with these variety [...]
Tagged as: facebook, goffman, identity, identity management, linkedin, privacy, self, social capital, social networks, sociology, user experience
Categories: Popular · beacon · facebook · goffman · online advertising · product design · qualitative research · technology design · user experience