When it comes to social networks and false appealing profiles many users do tend to create false profiles without even realizing it. This is important because many users tend to "stretch the truth." For example, by being able to pick and choose what pictures users want to upload onto their profile.
Move 2: Establishing a Niche
Through my research, I've come to realize that not many users are aware of how often people create false appealing profiles. Also, just by talking about this subject with my peers, many of them didn't understand what I meant by a false appealing profile; instead, they thought I meant a completely made up person with their own profile. I decided to do some research of my own for this topic. I looked at some of my peers' Facebook pages to see if their pages were entirely true. Come to find out, my profile page wasn't exactly who I am, therefore, I am guilty of creating false appealing profile.
Move 3: Occupying the Niche
The purpose of my essay is to make my readers aware of the how often people create false appealing profiles. In order to support this, I researched different social networks, such as, Facebook, MySpace, MUDs, etc. Some sites are created specifically for the purpose of being someone you are not, whereas, with other sites, they're specifically made to represent who you are. By the end of my essay, the reader should be well aware of how often false appealing profiles actually occur. In fact, there profiles cannot only affect the user's image, but can also affect other people. For example, the 13-year-old girl who committed suicide due to a cruel prank played through MySpace. For the structure of my paper, I plan on starting with a question of how many people know someone who stretches the truth on their Facebook or MySpace pages, in hopes that this will catch the reader's attention. Then I will talk about MUDs and how they were created specifically for users to be someone/something they're not. I feel as if not very many people are educated on what a MUD is, so it'll help by explaining a little more about them. Next, I will get into the different studies of college students and their Facebook profiles. I will wrap up my essay by reminding my reader to keep an eye out for it and to always remain aware.
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