Re:Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'
by iamwil on Thursday August 15, 2013 @01:38PM
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I've found that oddly enough, reddit has a kind of honesty that facebook doesn't, which you wouldn't think, since the former is full of people you don't know, and the latter full of people you do.
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Re:Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'
by floydenstein on Thursday August 15, 2013 @02:02PM
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The people you know have something to prove
Re:Facebook use 'makes people feel worse about themselves'
by iamwil on Thursday August 15, 2013 @02:50PM
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It comes from the failed assumption that those you know are those you can be more honest with, since they want to see you succeed. Otherwise, why are you friends?
That ends up not being the case, since most people aren't very discerning with whom they accept friend requests from, and facebook encourages making as many connections as possible as well.
As a result, the only current way to be honest online is through anonymity. I'm not sure if Path App has made any headway in this regard.