Friendship Quote by Derek Thompson

Through technology and social media, we're able to create an identity online that shows people the face that we want them to see and…

— Mark Foster

“Digital life, and social media at its most complex, is an interweaving of public and private personas, a blending and splintering of identities unlike…

— Kate Fagan

All of us in the modern world are constructing our identities, largely through social media, for a larger audience.

— Laeta Kalogridis

“It started with blogs; now, through social media, anyone who is active on the internet creates a digital projection of themselves for public consumption.…

— Ned Vizzini

I think it's pretty clear that the Internet as a whole has not had a strong notion of identity. And identity means, 'Who am…

— Eric Schmidt

I think that people post to social media to help shape their public identity.

— Eli Pariser

All the blogs, Facebook, Twitter are made by people who want to show their own private affairs at the price of making fakes, to…

— Umberto Eco

“Since social media arrived social skills have declined. Fake became real and narcissists thrive!”

— Sanjo Jendayi

Look at 4chan culture, which is the ultimate version of shedding your IRL [in real life] identity - you don't even keep a consistent…

— Arthur Chu

Citizens have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others and sought social proof, but social media have amplified the phenomena to unprecedented…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

“Social media was designed to SHARE what you’re doing and who you are, not BE what you’re doing and be who you are.”

— Richie Norton

“All this will come as a surprise to modern Internet users who may assume that today’s social-media environment is unprecedented. But many of the…

— Tom Standage