Now world is a technology world. Smart phone, computer and many other electronic products are widely use. So that there are more social softwares will be used by people, such as twitter, Facebook, WeChat and so on. Thus there is a word online identity appear.
Online identity, another name is internet identity (IID). Internet user create in online communities and website. It can also be considered as an actively constructed presentation of oneself. Now in the world, everyone has one or more than one online identity. (Mocan, 2018) point out that identity can be comprised of things in many parts. Such as Login credentials, Browsing history and so on.
I also have my own identity, I use WeChat most in everyday life. This is WeChat 👇
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I have myself Identity on WeChat, I use WeChat to communicate with my friends and post the things I see I do. Follow is my WeChat identity. I use “……”be my name, a man holds a cat be my avatar. WeChat name is L-Z-R-Z. Place in Australia Victoria Melbourne. If you interesting about me, you also can add me be friend
. 👇 This is my self-introduction 👇
Self-Introduction
I always chat with my friends and post things on WeChat to connection and interaction with online community. If I go outside play or eat, I also will post on WeChat, sometime my friends that they also feel delicious that will ask me where this restaurant and so on, then we will chat to each other.
I don‘t use Instagram very often, but
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sometimes I also will post things on Instagram. I don’t use Instagram to chat with my friends, because in Instagram, there are many strangers follow you.
Many people have online identity, this is good and convenient for people, but still have disadvantage things, such as hacker or fraud. (Identity Fraud) According to (Australian Government) theft will steal your identity to cheat or fraud.
Many people create identity online. They start to prefer chat online than in real life, just tweet that I post on twitter. (If you follow me you will feel interesting)
Another side, many people they use real name detail to create online identity. They use these apps and other social apps to earn money, become “hot”. They will post things on their profile to sales. Such as WeChat business. Instagram business and so on. People will post their product online. These people have very wide interpersonal relationship. If people like product that they can just chat to each other. After that WeChat business seller will ask customer’s address and phone number then post product to them, According to (WeChat Marketing 2018). After customer use product, if product good then they will talk to their friends, chat with them how good product is. Then their friends will ask where can buy it. Then seller will get a new customer. As follow, seller will create a huge relationship network, so that they will earn a lot of money by app. Another way is they will take short video. Such as Tik Tok
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This app is now popular . Many people take short video on it show their dance, how to make food and so on. If people like, they can give them heart and follow them. They will untimed to post video on it. Some people have huge fans follow, then some companies to find them let them, let them endorsement of their own goods. So that these companies pay them money, and this video taker will mix these products into their video according to (Kuligowski, 2019).
So online identity has good and benefits than bad effect for user. User can choose different way to show themselves, also can use this online identity to earn money on these app. Online identity also is a way that people easy to expansion people’s relationship. But at same time of use online identity, people need be careful of crime or fraud. At last, you may be can have followed my twitter, Instagram or WeChat. You will be interesting about me.
Reference
Mocan T,2018, “CactusVPN: What is Online Identity?”, retrieved by 22 Aug 2019
https://www.cactusvpn.com/beginners-guide-to-online-privacy/online-identity/
Australian Government, “STAYSMARTONLINE: Indentity theft”, retrieved by 24 Aug 2019
< https://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/protect-yourself/recover-when-things-go-wrong/identity-theft>
WeChat Marketing,2018, “MarketingToChina”, retrieved by 26 Aug 2019< https://www.marketingtochina.com/wechat-transforming-business/>
Kuligowski K,2019, “BUSINESS NEWS DAILY: TilTok for Business: How You Can Use Social Network,”, retrieved by 26 Aug 2019< “>https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/12020-tiktok-business-features.html>
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