Online identity

Draft

According to Wikipedia (retrieved 12:34, 12 April 2007 (MEST) and with original links):

See the digital identity article for issues related to on-line identification and authentication.

Identity building artifacts

• User names on websites, some with graphical representations
• Avatars in virtual worlds (text, 2D, 3D).
• Descriptions (forms) that describe a user
• Trails and Portfolios (what a person did contribute), e.g. see the [[awareness] and the C3MS article

References

• Rheingold, H. (2000). The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier. London: MIT Press. (ISBN 0262681218) - HTML free online.