Re:How Facebook is Killing Your Authenticity
by pmorici on Sunday March 06, 2011 @11:15PM
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There's a difference between sticking to your principles and say, not discussing politics at family gatherings. Metering your social interaction based on the audience is just a fact of life. It's not inherently good or bad.
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Re:How Facebook is Killing Your Authenticity
by mlinsey on Monday March 07, 2011 @12:58AM
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Metering your social interaction based on the audience is just a fact of life. It's not inherently good or bad.
Based on reading The Facebook Effect, I think that Facebook's change-the-world vision is to get rid of exactly this. It's part of what they mean when they say the world would be a better place if it were more open.
> It's part of what they mean when they say the world would be a better place if it were more open.
Zuck: They "trust me"
Zuck: Dumb fucks.
That infamous quote may in fact support the hypothesis, but it still doesn't quite feel right.