![]() Teens are not dreaming of portability (like so many adults i meet). It’s not seen as something to build an extensive identity around, but something to use to talk to friends in the moment. Some teens chew through IM handles like candy their nicks are things like “o-so-funny” rather than the first name, last name standard that seems to pervade professional worlds. They have expressions scattered across numerous services with numerous handles. While adult bloggers talk about building an identity through extended blogging, i keep finding teens who got locked out of Xanga and responded by making another Xanga (or a Blogger or a LiveJournal). Forgot your email address? Create a new one. Many teens are content (if not happy) to start over with most of their accounts in most places. This snippet from my fieldnotes depicts an attitude that i keep hearing from teens that completely contradicts adult norms. I had too many Friends that I didn’t know anyways.” When i asked her if she was irritated that she had to do this after investing time in the previous profile, she said, “nah. She created a new MySpace page using a new throwaway email address. After vacation, she couldn’t remember her MySpace password (or her email password). Sara created a MySpace using an email address that she made specifically for that purpose.
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