I think in order to captivate someone for this persona project you would have to create an interesting story using the social software. So far I have created a facebook, myspace and twitter account for my fake persona, Jocelyn LaFemme. I don't really want to give Jocelyn some insane storyline so that she captivates people in the way online caroline has; however, there are some ways I could do this if I wanted to.
I think in order to create a facebook/myspace page that is captivating or contains a story you have to first establish an interesting persona that people want to follow. Once you have a lot of people interested in you it is easy to manipulate blog posts, pictures, status updates, etc. to create a story that is entertaining. You could create blog posts like online caroline does web cam postings- writing about certain things that are going on, ask for input through comments and then finally use your pictures to show the results of these consultations. If people are following your pages intensely they will notice any discrepancies in the person's daily life. If I make Jocelyn as real as possible...through friends, real life feelings and interests...then people will be captivated simply because she'll seem real.
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i like that you're trying extra to make sure it isnt a really far out or crazy story line. You're looking to make this person, lafemme, interesting on a regular level. that might even take more work. so I commend you!
keep up the good work!
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