Denis Okeli is the gentleman’s name. According to his page he is twenty years old, single, straight, and he uses the page for networking, dating, friends and relationships. Yes this is the common information that most people provide on their profile page. None of this information is seen until the viewer actually clicks on the page. So the question is how does he attract friends? A simple answer for that question is a very nice picture.
The picture for viewers is like the cheese for a rat going into a trap. It basically lures the viewers in to click on the person’s page. Denis Okeli’s profile picture is of him lying on his bed shirtless with his hand propped on to the side of his head and staring directly at the camera as though “This is what you could wake up to in the morning”. His picture obviously was intended to attract females and to mesmerize them. I also feel like the picture was well thought of because he is shirtless, and the photo stops right at his abs giving the illusion of “Am I completely naked or no…click my photos to find out?”
photo courtesy of myspace.com
Naturally being a female I wanted to find out, but I also figured that he could not have too many naked photos simply because his page was not set to private. Which brings me to the point of settings. The subscriber has the ability to set his or her page any way they like. Many people have their pages set to private to avoid having their pictures seen by everyone. This idea has me twisted simply because what is the purpose of having a private setting if you are on a public site.
Most of his pictures were posed with his friends or different outfits. His photos were set up in three different albums. The first album appears to be of mostly pictures that have accumulated over the years just random poses. He also looks much younger in most of the pictures as compared to his profile picture. The Second album is of pictures that friends tagged him in. The third album consists of more recent pictures mostly of his body and shots of him in his bed. His pictures alone speak for themselves and they are saying that he is trying to present himself as a ladies man.Once I enter his page of lust I quickly viewed his status, which reads Esperando (waiting in Spanish), and his mood was enamorado (which could be translated two ways in love or loving it depending on the subject of conversation). Naturally I wondered what is he waiting for and whom does he love. The quick thought of wondering out of curiosity makes a person want to click the arrows and scroll down his page to read on. As you scroll down you pass many items such as poll questions that read “do you like me, How hot are you?…47% evil (poll rank)”. One young lady in my class mentioned how “most people who are half naked in photos are looking for compliments and acceptance”. I agree with this because many of his Apps and polls dealt with ways of saying he is nice looking. Once I have passed all the items I reach his information box which states that he is 6’6, body builder, Latino, Christian, No kids, and a College graduate. Then he finishes it with his zodiac sign for the women apparently.
Before looking into great detail with his page I have already drawn an early conclusion that he is a player and looking for some girls. Also if you want to get into stereotypes many say that Latino men have a way with the ladies and simply call him a “Latin Lover” but I am not here to stereotype. There is nothing wrong with trying to meet people because the purpose of a social network is to get to know people outside of your controlled world. The image that he is putting on is mainly to attract horny girls who want to dribble all over his picture to be frank.
Photo courtesy of Myspace.com
Who is Denis Okeli? This question is usually answered with the “About me” box. Unfortunately he left this information blank. Now he appears to be a mystery to outsiders. Scrolling through his page I noticed another profile of him, but the name did not read Denis Okeli, but instead Denis Sanchez. As I read through this profile I found another with basically this same information. So the user Denis appears to have three different pages and each one has its own personality. One page is mostly of pictures of his tricked out car. This can express that he is really into cars, wants to pick up women, and possibly knows how to work on them very well. The other page consist of pictures of him posing in more thuggish street attire, and putting on the tough guy image by frowning instead of smiling and flexing his muscles. This page is giving off the illusion that he is very masculine. Although all three of the pages are giving of different identities they all are saying the same thing. “ I am looking for ladies add me to your friends”.
Photo courtesy of Myspace.com
Also on the main page “Denis Okeli” looking at his old statuses he is a soccer player, Honduran, and he broke his toe. His status “100% Hondureno Catracho de corazon” shows that he has a lot of pride in his Homeland because this remained his status for a very longtime.
I also viewed his taste in music by checking his playlist. His music seems to be placed on his page depending on his mood. He has a variety of songs mostly reggaeton and Latino pop, which means he obviously likes to dance. He also has many love songs on his page some are in Spanish and some are in English. The Reggaeton says a lot to me because most people that dance to reggaeton music plan on grinding very hard because the music alone is very rhythmic. So I believe that when he goes out dancing he most likely dances and grind on girls.
So In conclusion I will answer the question that was asked of me before “Does maintaining different Identities for different audience reflect a lack of integrity?” No I do not I feel that it reflects lack of integrity because different identities are needed in ordered to gain acceptance in society. I feel that if a person acts one way all the time then that person will only have friends of that identity. He/she would never have any one outside of that audience because other friends would not be able to conform. Mark Zuckerberg theory is flawed. He may not change identities for his different audience, but he would expect someone of a different audience to adjust to him causing them to have to take on a different identity. Myspace is perfect place for different identities as seen with Denis Okeli’s page. His page is not giving off a young man going to church on Sunday, but an illusion of man that will possibly drive you wild.
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