Post by Cultures You on Oct 21, 2023 6:53:03 GMT
Because that's the game: you're in or you're out. One 'like' too many and you let your mother know that you can't stand her way of looking after your son, and everyone else what you voted for and what your sexual tastes are. But this is the sharing game, which considers privacy a useless detail, at least privacy as it was understood until before social media . In fact, in the last decade the perception we have of what is public and private has changed .
We who were born in the last century remember, unfortunately not always, that the modesty of talking about private things was something we were taught from an early age. Today we talk about marital infidelity, arguments at work and children's school problems online, we share, we share because they have explained to us that this is how it is photo editor done. And if we, born before all this, perhaps sometimes turn up our noses and in the most hidden recesses of our brains the image of George Orwell appears from time to time to reawaken our reason, those who grew up immersed in sharing do not hesitate to publish photos , status and information without filter.
With a candor that appeals to the hawks out there always looking for new blood and information to use and resell. Are we therefore witnessing a simple and inexorable drift towards the annulment of the concept of privacy? Maybe yes, but it is good to remember that not everyone suffers this imposition of telling everyone everything. Because mixed with 'normal' users, there are just as many who know how to use the means, who know what should be said and what not, they know what to tell about themselves to build their character or brand, in short they 'use' social media before being used.
We who were born in the last century remember, unfortunately not always, that the modesty of talking about private things was something we were taught from an early age. Today we talk about marital infidelity, arguments at work and children's school problems online, we share, we share because they have explained to us that this is how it is photo editor done. And if we, born before all this, perhaps sometimes turn up our noses and in the most hidden recesses of our brains the image of George Orwell appears from time to time to reawaken our reason, those who grew up immersed in sharing do not hesitate to publish photos , status and information without filter.
With a candor that appeals to the hawks out there always looking for new blood and information to use and resell. Are we therefore witnessing a simple and inexorable drift towards the annulment of the concept of privacy? Maybe yes, but it is good to remember that not everyone suffers this imposition of telling everyone everything. Because mixed with 'normal' users, there are just as many who know how to use the means, who know what should be said and what not, they know what to tell about themselves to build their character or brand, in short they 'use' social media before being used.
