Was Osama Bin Laden on Social Media?

Osama Bin Laden was found and killed by the American navy-seals. He was hiding there for a long period of time, far from the Americans but close to the Pakistan people. Not everyone knew Osama Bin Laden. Was he himself the last years? Or did he had another identity?

In present time, we as human beings have a lot identities. People take on identities throughout their lives and find new ways  to represent themselves to the world. Was this also the case with Osama Bin Laden? Did he have multiple identities?

Identification is a process which we are working on all the time. Identity never stops or has an end date, it is going on and on. Long after people have their own home, a nice car and live happily in a nice neighborhood, they still work on their identity. This all depends on the situation we are in, the people we talk to, the stage of life we are in etc.

We can determine two main identities, the first one is personal identity and the second one is the social identity. The personal identity is made by answering the question "Who am I?". What do people think about who the are? The social identity is created by the view which others have about us. What do others think of us? What do others tell about me?

So, did Osama Bin Laden had multiple identities? He could be on social media with a fancy profile and could pretending to be someone else. But we will never know..

Inspiration: Computer Mediated Communication and Identity Making