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Re:Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username acr... by exabrial on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @12:58PM (#42510056)
It's a relatively new and novel thing for people your age to be able to look up anything online, to the point where it's scandalous.

This card will be played over and over again by politicians, influencers, prosecutors, police, etc, until the smartphone-from-birth generation reaches office. At that point, it'll be so easy to dig up dirt on anyone, people will just stop caring (as they should anyway).

We're just in a weird transition period right now.

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Re:Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username acr... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @03:53PM (#42511093)
Im not so confident. Digital natives seem just as eager to apply purity tests as anyone, if not more so. Throwing rocks still feels good, even if everyone is living in glass houses. It was true in the 1300's when the saying was coined, and is still true today.[1]

https://www.bookbrowse.com/expressions/detail/index.cfm/expr...

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