The virtual you

Who is the virtual you?

The word ‘virtual’ can refer to a sort of non-realness or conceptuality, but that is not its full meaning. Nowadays, the word is usually mentioned in computer-context. This is because computers are particularly good in creating things that seem real, but are not. Computers simulate. They translate actual things in to virtual things. The meaning of the words ‘virtual you’ is thus not only ‘non-real representation of you’ or ‘conceptual you‘, but can also be described as your ‘digital- or online-identity’. It can be described as every findable trace of your presence on the internet. Almost everyone who uses the internet regularly leaves behind pieces of information about himself in various forms. People post on blogs and make use of social networking sites. This information could already provide a superficial impression of what kind of person someone is, though not in much detail. Your virtual identity may very well already exist in some form. But what is it worth and will it last?