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Avatars are often used as an online representation if a user and may or may not resemble the user's real life self.Reasons why people take on multiple identities online:freedom in the exploration of other forms of existence,opportunities for those whom have been marginalised in society to express their opinions freely without the fear of being discriminated against etc.\n\nHowever,the blurring of boundaries between the digital and real world could lead to implications such as people spending too much time on the Internet and even forgoing real life interactions with people.They submerge themselves in their online identities (sometimes possessing multiple online identities) and may develop a multi-identity syndrome if not monitored closely.

A project done by a student from a Digital Media Studies class at Pomona College.This video touches on the reasons why males choose female characters in MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) and why gender swapping is so common online.

20 percent of online daters admit to deception but an interviewing reveals that the real amount is 90 percent. Self-reported data can be unreliable, especially those from people asked to confess bad things about themselves, several researchers have sought objective ways to quantify online deception. Add community-based matchmaking to enriched virtual dating, and we have turned the Internet into the greatest yenta the world has ever known.

An angry boyfriend took over his girlfriend's online persona to insult her friends so as to forge negative relationships. On the internet, there is currently no effective way of verifying who someone claims to be, or whether someone's identity has been hijacked. Our online identity is something we tend to take for granted, yet financial identity theft has increased exponentially.

Membership systems are no remedy, and they won't stop a person who wants to disrupting your site. But they offer a way to connect a website's community to a real person, and that person to their actions. It works to limit the disinhibitory effects of online behavior (the more negative ones) and creates a subtle but important psychological difference between an anonymous visitor and a known community member.

The Internet has matured to a point where so much of one's life is online that some people need methods of self-promotion and self-protection, concepts usually associated with the imagemakers of politicians and Hollywood stars. As more employers, workers, and singles use the Internet to check someone out, the idea of managing one's online presence doesn't sound so strange.

Membership systems are no remedy, and they won't stop a person who wants to disrupting your site. But they offer a way to connect a website's community to a real person, and that person to their actions. It works to limit the disinhibitory effects of online behavior (the more negative ones) and creates a subtle but important psychological difference between an anonymous visitor and a known community member.

An abstract video depicting the new "real" identity in today's world.Often,people deem online personalities as being more "fake" than the unseen person typing behind the computer.However,considering that all the different identities come from the same person,is this distinction between the real and unreal identities fair?\n\n

The author is outraged by the virtual discrimination against people who appear to be "different".By "different",I refer to the open displays of gender and sexuality preferences online.Although the judging of others is inevitable in both the virtual and real world,there appears to be a tendency for people to be more lax when voicing out their critics for the former.Hence,the author calls for the implementation of a "Gender Freedom Day" for the virtual world.This would allow these"different" people to unite and be confident about who they really are.

Information Cards are the online equivalent of cards to prove our identify and provide information. The high-tech cards, however, are a visual representation of a personal digital identity which can be shared with online entities. Consumers are able to manage the information in their cards, have multiple cards with different levels of detail, and easily select the card they want to use for any given transaction.

The vast array of data points that make up "personal information" in the age of online media are nearly impossible to quantify or neatly define. Name, address, and phone number are just the basics in a world where voluntarily posting self-authored content such as text, photos, and video has become a cornerstone of engagement in the era of the participatory Web. The more content we contribute voluntarily to the public or semi-public corners of the Web, the more we are not only findable, but also knowable.

Nearly 10 million Americans fell victim to identity theft in 2008. Older Internet users display a greater concern for protecting their online information. While Generation X and Baby Boomers have a high level of concern about identity theft, Generation Y, those aged 19 to 30, have a rather lackadaisical approach according to a research company.

Strangers can build a fairly complete picture of our movements, transactions and relationships from the cyber-trail we leave behind. This has major implications for what has become a pervasive tool to society, business and administrations. Privacy and identity management are fast becoming fundamental to future developments on the internet. Hard-won trust in e-commerce and in using e-government services, for example, could quickly erode if security issues are not properly addressed.

Identity can be tied to a systemic view or an individual view. The former is the provenance of centralised systems and intrusive governments, the latter usually confined to the realms of philosophy or psychology. The individual focus plays an increasingly important role in the online world as individuals drive their own identity.