The issue is though is that people think that a different level of privacy should be associated with their data than their friends data.
For various reasons for the last few months I've been considering disconnecting entirely. I lived before facebook/twitter and I'm sure I'll survive after them. I can't really think of anyway that facebook/twitter actually makes my life better in aggregate.
Why is it essential to my life that I see every stupid meme?
Why is it essential to my life that I heard about every political travesty in the world?
Does it really affect my life? What benefit do I gain from knowing these things?
I agree. The way people evaluate the importance of other people's information is so damn skewed. It's a social problem and it has nothing to do with just privacy.
> Does it really affect my life? What benefit do I gain from knowing these things?
For instance, what harm is there otherwise? In fact if you come to think of it, a main reason why you would want to disconnect is the prevalence of people ready to take you for granted. This cannot be avoided entirely but we can atleast make sure things like Girls Around Me don't thrive.
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The issue is though is that people think that a different level of privacy should be associated with their data than their friends data.
For various reasons for the last few months I've been considering disconnecting entirely. I lived before facebook/twitter and I'm sure I'll survive after them. I can't really think of anyway that facebook/twitter actually makes my life better in aggregate.
Why is it essential to my life that I see every stupid meme?
Why is it essential to my life that I heard about every political travesty in the world?
Does it really affect my life? What benefit do I gain from knowing these things?
I agree. The way people evaluate the importance of other people's information is so damn skewed. It's a social problem and it has nothing to do with just privacy.
> Does it really affect my life? What benefit do I gain from knowing these things?
For instance, what harm is there otherwise? In fact if you come to think of it, a main reason why you would want to disconnect is the prevalence of people ready to take you for granted. This cannot be avoided entirely but we can atleast make sure things like Girls Around Me don't thrive.