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Rebecca Norman wrote:
>
> I don't actually think the concept of Jennies is a) that bad and b)
> uncommon. Thinking about it, Habbo Hotel's 'Hotel Managers' are
Jennies.
> OK, so they are usually a real person, but they present a certain
> persona to the players. They say they like the same music, games etc
> etc, but it's not likely they truly do. After all, the people behind
out
> Hotel Managers are adults, not teenagers. If players write to a Hotel
> Manager they'll get an email back, but it won't be the Hotel Manager
who
> wrote it.
>
> Surely all kinds of public personas could be seen as Jennies.
> Newreaders, columnists, TV presenters - none are giving you their
whole
> selves, they just appear to be. A whole team of people is working with
> them most of the time, editing, writing, responding to public contact.
I
> actually encourage our Hotel Managers not to be themselves, to keep
> their real personality back. And I don't feel bad about that. They are
> the face of our brand and so have to present our values.
>
> However, I once had a run in with a book club and corresponded for
> months with a specific person. In the end, turns out that the person
was
> entirely ficticious and I could not have been more angry. But this
> 'person' was presented in a different way to other Jennies. I expected
> the complaints manager to be a real person, not an artificial
personality.
>
> Ribs (the other, other Rebecca)
> Chairman, e-mint
