As a follow-up to Nicole Guerra’s post from this past weekend on Web 2.0, I thought I’d direct your attention to a blog I posted today on the Pew Internet and American Life Project’s website. In wake of last week’s launch of OpenSocial by Google, I felt compelled to comment on the growing pressure to be “social” online and have a virtual identity.

This idea of identity in the online world is one of growing importance and branches across many subjects, including privacy, economics and cultural studies, among others. For me personally, this is an important topic because I am finding myself more deeply immersed in the social aspects of the Web with each passing day. Oh yeah, and because I’m writing my thesis on virtual identities.

So check it out, and I’d love to hear your feedback.