Google and Facebook are both different in many ways. At the same time they are both similar in various ways as well. Both feel as if they have a clear description of who we are. Personally I agree with what Pariser stated in the “Filter Bubble”;  “Both are pretty poor representations of who we are, in part because there is no set of data that describes who we are…” (p115). Pariser is basically saying that, both Google and Facebook are taking what we enter in our search history or Facebook bio, as not being substantial enough.

If I were to choose who I feel represents and knows more about me, I would side with Google. Other than the advertisements Google implements in each and every search, I feel there actual searches themselves are very accurate. For example, if I were to enter my name, Daniel Westerband in to a Google search, a whole bunch of websites containing information about me come up in the search. Also, personal information I wouldn’t expect to find would appear in my search. That is why I feel Google captures who I am more as a person, than Facebook since its somewhat “connected” to various sites, such as social media platforms. In essence, Google allows others not only myself to obtain information about who I am, what I like to eat, where I live, where I like to visit.

Facebook as Pariser mentions, “is more aspirational: Facebook takes you more at your word, presenting you as you’d like to be seen by others.” (p115). I feel Pariser was right on with that statement. Facebook knows me as a user of their social media platform. They don’t know me personally. Your personal Facebook profile contains a whole bunch of information in which you personally set up yourself. This information may not be factual. The information you put on Facebook could be used to alter the way others portray you. For example, the “likes” in which you select on your Facebook bio, could be chosen to maybe impress someone, maybe a girl/boy you have interest in, or a company who is looking to hire you for a job.

Based on the two I feel Google has more of a clear cut understanding of who I am. The searches we make and what we click to obtain information is made unconsciously. People simply enter a search without being aren’t aware of the information Google takes from our searches; better yet internet browsers themselves. As Pariser mentions on p116 of the “Filter Bubble”, Zuckerberg states that we have one true identity. This obviously is not true. As stated before, everything we enter on to Facebook is not accurate. Facebook gives us the ability to have a little more control of what is put out there for the world to see.