Hello world!

First blog. First post. A start-up comment on the web 2.0 video – which feels a little creapy to me.

How much role and freedom do we really have in creating the web? Who creates all these quizzes, games, scrabulous, superwalls and the likes in Facebook? Is this really agency or are we just consumers who are sold the pretence of freedom of choice and creation and production?

Here are all my recent – or not so recent – requests on facebook:

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3 group invitations1 book invitation3 (lil) green patch requests1 time for tea request2 funwall friend requests1 new wall post request1 result quiz invitation1 msn messenger button invitation1 which toon are you? request1 friend quiz invitation1 chocolate quiz invitation1 how classy are you? invitation1 kissing style? invitation1 which disney princes invitation1 invitation1 hotness request1 cause invitation1 are you color blind invitation1 which celebrity are invitation1 growing gifts invitation2 hatching eggs invitations1 petrolhead invitation1 pink ribbon invitation1 movies friend request1 hug friend request1 werewolf invitation

Now a little bit on film web culture, which I intend on exploring here (if I manage not to digress too much) -starting with the Film “Cache” by Michael Haneke. See trailer:

and message board on imdb Imdb Message Board on Cache

Would this constitute a community - a community interested in discussing this particular film?  Does it give one a sense of identity by presenting oneself as liking/not liking the film? As part of one’s own museum?

How about people creating a new film or trailer based on an existing film? I am looking forward to reading more about community and identity on the web. Starting with reading danah boyd