Discuss whether Facebook or Google does a better job of understanding who you are.

I think Facebook and Google, both have the same capacity in understanding who I am. The only difference is the sort of information I provide the two medias that allows them to have an advantage over the other. Facebook, unfortunately, has become a ‘face’ of me to reach out to my friends, and families, and since most of the communication is happening among them, I give facebook real, solid information about myself. This is because, my friends, families and other people I care about stay in touch with me through this medium. However, with Google, the information I provide is very general.

For instance, I have two cats in my house. And facebook knows it, because I post and send pictures about them to my friends and families all the time. They even know the names of my cats, age, gender, breed, you name it. And if I am looking to buy a cat food, I will go on google and do some research on the best food for my cats. After the purchase, if I really like the product, I am most likely to go on facebook, and ‘Like’ the brand on its page. Google knew that I was looking for to buy some cat food, however facebook knows what product I bought. To boil it down, I think facebook does a better job of understanding me, only because I provide them with specific information about myself. This proves and verifies the fact that Facebook knows me well only because, “of the bits of data we (i) give off, as we (I) go about our (my) lives (life)” (pg.155).