Boyd Chapter 1 Summary Response

I agree with Boyd’s notion of a fear of context collapse within people. It compels people to undergo drastic actions in order to avoid this context collapse.  Boyd builds on this by introducing the example of the gang boy wanting to apply for an ivy league college. In discovery of the boy’s past Boyd poses the question “Why would a student lie to an admissions committee when the committee could easily find the truth online?” (Boyd 29). This question reinforces the idea of having no privacy in the online world. This young boy experienced a context collapse when he was discovered as a gang member, and because of that he was rejected. So in the end, I agree with Boyd that when a person creates multiple identities online they put themselves at risk for a context collapse.