--Originally published at David M. on Digital Identity.
Today we had a presentation of how we use the internet on two different “mindsets”, either as a “Visitor” or as a “Residents”.
- The “visitor” mindset is about using a website as a tool, to get something done and that’s it.
- The “resident” mindset is about being active on the website and actually produce content and interact with the other members.
Afterwards, we had a hangout with Autumm Caines, Bonnie Stewart and Sundi Richard about how to connect with people on similar interest using the internet. Using a “map” to assign a category to each tool, we found out that not all people use social media the same way. As some people use Facebook for professional reasons, other use it as a totally personal tool. Same goes for Twitter. We also categorised other unexpected tools such as LMSs or Reddit.com.
We were encouraged to use other media types instead of just writing so what I did was interview a friend of mine, mechatronics engineer not very tech savvy, about whether which websites he used as a resident and/or as a visitor.
Here’s the short interview:
