Re:How Facebook is Killing Your Authenticity
by yason on Monday March 07, 2011 @04:15AM
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You have this same problem in "real" life too.
Eventually, you either twist yourself into someone who turns into a different person each time you see someone you know or stop caring about what other people think of you and be who you feel like to be.
IMHO, Facebook hasn't got much to do with it except possibly lower the bar to be yourself. Thanks to Facebook, when you do have everyone on the same board you can't possibly be everything for everyone anymore: you can either shut down completely or just resort to only being yourself.
Eventually, you either twist yourself into someone who turns into a different person each time you see someone you know or stop caring about what other people think of you and be who you feel like to be.
IMHO, Facebook hasn't got much to do with it except possibly lower the bar to be yourself. Thanks to Facebook, when you do have everyone on the same board you can't possibly be everything for everyone anymore: you can either shut down completely or just resort to only being yourself.