#socialself

This is where people associate themselves with material possessions where they relate to. It is likely that people will buy the things that they personally relate to. For me, it is musical technologies like microphones and guitars.

To make this part simple, the socio-digital self is the life a person has within the internet. Before having GED101, I used to think that the physical life explains everything within a persons internet life. I found out I was wrong. In the internet, social media is something that us humans use to interact with one another digitally. Through social media, people interact with one another but it is not happening face-to-face so you don't have to actually be there to be there. Hope that makes sense. I learned that there is actually a term that defines that. It is called the "Online Disembodiment." So usually, in social media, people don't really have to show who they actually are, so they could argue all they want which is something that I will talk about later.

So the digital identity is the identity the person has in the internet. I thought that this was something only applicable in social media, turns out it is applicable for all your indentity in the internet. A good example is in games. In my games, I am identified as Cookie, and no one really knows my actual identity.

Then we go to the Online Disinhibition Effect. There are two: Benign disinhibition and Toxic disinhibition. Benign dishibition from my understanding is when a person is more open and more comfortable in the internet. These are the people who would be more interactive in the internet and just feels way better whenever they get interact with others from the internet, without necessarily knowing the actual identity of other people. These are the kind people in the internet. From how I see it, I think I am one of those hehe. Then there is Toxic disinhibition which is toxic.There are many of these and the best example really are trolls in the internet. They do not reveal their identity and all they really want to do is piss people off and trigger someone as much as possible. They find pleaseure and this and it's cringe.

There is a saying that goes ‘no man is an island’. A man cannot survive all by himself in this world. In one way or another, he/she will eventually seek other people in order to fulfill his desires.

Being part of various and diverse social groups is one of the crucial aspects which shaped me into the individual I am today. I believe that I have become the combination of all the influence that I intentionally and unintentionally embraced from all the people that I have met from the very beginning up to now. First, from the day I was born, I was already part of a social group which is my family. A baby’s mind is blank and I only learned how to talk, how to walk, and how to eat properly because of my family. Moreover, my family has also shaped my morals - my views on what is right or wrong, and became my role models on how I should become when I eventually have a family of my own, and how I should always weigh the cons and pros before making a decision. Lastly, the people I have met in school, may they be my friends, classmates, or mentors, have all managed to make an impact and bring about a new side of me that I never knew existed. I learned new ways on how I could maximize my studying time through gathering my friends’ habits and trying what would work on me. I learned how to play instruments and it led to choosing instrumental music than the usual songs that are presented everywhere. Also, I have learned to value each and every point and percentage because my mentors have taught me that even the smallest 2 percent can be crucial to your grade. This is why I had been working extra hard to earn those credits and I have not been this industrious when I was in high school so I would like to think that I developed.