I think the impact of different structures on my digital identity and digital presence plan is that I will have to define which platforms use which type of structure. There are the main structures, and then there are also hybrid structures that should be considered. For example, in the group-set structure, “communities of interest gather due to shared interests, and typically engage in more or less formal ways. They are often bound by interest in a topic more than by the group itself, though this may change over time” (Anderson and Dron, 2014, p. 80). Some of my groups on Discord and Slack may fall into this category, because they are based on shared interests and have rules and structure to them.
When considering different structures, I wonder if different structures facilitate a different identity and presence. When there are rules in place, then your digital identity and presence can be shaped by those rules. For example, if a group had a rule that said you couldn’t talk about the colour red and that was a big part of your identity, then your identity in that group would be a lot different than a place where you could speak openly about the colour red.
References
Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2014). Teaching Crowds: Learning and Social Media. Athabasca University Press. https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781927356807.01
