The Real Karen Elliot

TheRealKarenEliot is an open account on Facebook. The profile picture shows the password, so everyone is invited to log in and be Karen Eliot. Since 2012, hundreds of people are using this account. Some do it for fun, some for advertising or promotion, some for political activism and cultural hacking. In this way, Karen’s virtual self becomes a collective mind – Karen’s statements, interests, opinions and Karen’s circle of friends are getting mixed with those of others and therefore relativized. Basically, Karen is a nice person, smart as Wikipedia, entertaining as Youtube, annoying as 4Chan. Join her! Open the gates of the digital Panopticon and log in: facebook.com/therealkareneliot.

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