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| This collage made with Smilebox |
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| This free picture collage made with Smilebox |
The auto tag function on Facebook is convinced my sister and I are the same person. Every photo my sister has posted in the past six months has been automatically tagged as me. Facebook is so assured of my sister’s “identity” it doesn’t even ask if it’s her. The best part about this is that my sister and I don’t look alike in person. Our parents dressed us alike when we were young, but we were never mistaken for twins. This hasn’t stopped teachers over the years from confusing us but I always assumed that was due to inherent sibling similarities, not physical looks. For this project I attempted to determine why facebook would be confusing us.
As I looked at the photos I felt the feeling of punctum as described by Annette Kuhn. The way my sister and I posed and took photos was strikingly similar. The way we interact with our boyfriends, pose in travel photos, and even our candid smiles demonstrated our deeper link.
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