Is Facebook changing our identity ? By:raven bryant A Rape in Cyberspace Is Facebook changing our identity ? By:raven bryant

Key Words LambdaMoo -(chat room ) Voodoo Doll- (subprogram of LambdaMoo where you can control someone eles character) VR- Virtual Reality RL-Real Life Netsex and Tinysex are words used for virtual sex Moondreamer and Exu – victims

LambdaMOO Breakdown Virtual world (chatroom ) Designed to give user the impression of moving through a physical space Reality is the virtual world is words on a hard drive

LambdaMOO Breakdown Cont. Upon arrival users are given a description of the rooms they are entering Usually lists the objects in the room and each character You enter the house through the coat closet and can leave at anytime

Mr. Bungle The person who committed the “cyber rape” Took place in a living room setting Could be anyone in the world

Voodoo doll breakdown Subprogram that allows a user to take over someone else’s screenname Where character's were made to commit actions their host didn’t write. How the rape was possible. Where Mr. Bungles fantasies were listed.

The Cyber Rape Took place on a Monday night in March Dressed in sex stained clothing wrapped in mistletoe belted with the words Kiss me under this. Evil laugh that echoed throughout the rape. The women lost control over their screen name

How do you feel? Do you feel as though the cyber rape victims were actually raped ? Should Mr.Bungle had been kicked out of the chat room?

After Math A virtual Gun was fired that stopped the laughter. Caused posttraumatic stress to the women who’s avatars were raped. It was requested that Mr.Bungle be “toaded” Meeting in cyber space with over 30 members @bootcommand was inveted to eject “guest characters”

Why do you use Facebook?

Social Media Uses Keep up with family and friends Share Vacation Photo’s Play games like words with friends Entertainment Document Memories To advertise our selves ?

Facebook and your Identity John Locke theory of personal identity says “we tend to construct our idea of ourselves and our own identity based off what we know and can remember.” Now Facebook does it for us and does it way better.

Don’t let social media define you THE END