Workshop response to Menu Driven Identities

Lavalife's website contains many diverse identities constructed by users who want to put themselves (or another version of themselves) on the internet to be reviewed by other lavalife users who are seeking to meet, chat with, or flirt with online. The profiles you choose to look at are focused down according to what you are looking for ie. gender, sexual preference, and what type of relationship you would like with these users. Initially, the site asks you to describe yourself according to gender, age and occupation. It is obvious that the makers of the site believe that people observing the profiles are nieve, that is to believe that this identity is a pure one and the person who created it is genuinely interested in whoever is observing it. This preying on people's lonliness is a horrible way to go about making money. Problems with the identities on the site include, but aren't limited to: non 3 dimensional images for the observer to witness, not enough profile information, or webcam chat capabilities. This would further enrich the expirience of using this site by making it more "real". this would be achieved because if the people could chat via webcam perhaps it would make the expirience more "human".