Thursday, September 4, 2008
MySpace proof
When someone gets popular on MySpace, they run the risk of getting fake profiles made about them. The solution is posting a video of yourself on your profile page reciting your MySpace URL I.D. number, offered as "proof."
Artists BRAD TROEMEL and RANDI HEYLEK cut together a series of videos of MySpace girls authenticating their identities. The resulting montage is like a shopping list of commodified online personas, revealing the twist of a new kind of personal branding.
Baby, don't forget my number.
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Educational post. I didn't know that these girls were being imitated so frequently. It's funny, many looked to merely be imitators themselves. But was any of it flattering?
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