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Re:Something is wrong with my generation, i.e. what happened... by rdtsc on Saturday September 15, 2012 @11:12PM (#4528121)
> We need to stop seeing social networks as a way augment real life, and more a way to capture life as it is.

But we can't. It is like the Heisenberg principle for social life. As soon as we start recording and observing things and post them on Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare etc. it changes and becomes different. People start doing things just to post and broadcast to others. Others react by changing their behavior based on what was posted by others.

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Re:Something is wrong with my generation, i.e. what happened... by irollboozers on Saturday September 15, 2012 @11:33PM (#4528152)
If anything, this thread has given me the idea that it is possible. If someone can build a true to life platform where behavior isn't changed as a factor of the medium...

brb, give me a few years. Once people have fatigued from the social norms of current social media sites, I should have this app finished.

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