Chapter . What It Is, Part Three: A Point of View
Let’s consider the perspectives of different avatars and let’s start with the word profile.
A profile—that is, the classic, portrait-style profile—is a side view of a person. Profiles are silhouettes, or two-dimensional representations. Social media profiles (on Flickr, YouTube, and so on) or social networking profiles (Facebook, LinkedIn, and the like) are a bit like this as well. They show a relatively flat view of a person or character (real or fictional). The core layout and functionality of the profile is a bit like a baseball card: These avatars have a name, a picture, a few stats, some details about likes and dislikes and usually belong to a “team”—a group of some sort. In systems such as ...
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