Re:Instagram has turned us against ourselves
by etrautmann on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @05:53PM
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Interesting - I see this less as "keeping up with people" and more voyeurism. It feels odd to me when I see someone who I haven't talked to in a while but I know all about what they've been doing/etc.
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Re:Instagram has turned us against ourselves
by thatoneuser on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @06:19PM
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Eh idk. I’d say that it’s more like going to a play to watch an old acquaintance perform while sitting in the way back where they can’t see. Is that voyeurism? Because on social media, typically the idea is people opt to display their lives so that they can be observed. Idk for me voyeurism implies more of a one sided observation where the observed isn’t really aware or intending.