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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 11:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Jazzop
This is what baffles me about the FaceTwitSpace movement. Why do people want others to know where they are and what they are doing at all times? Why do these people think that others actually care about where they are or what they are doing? When did this big shift in the internet users' feelings about privacy occur? Personally, I like to remain as anonymous as possible on the internet, and I think that most people felt similarly until the past few years. Even offline, I have "friends" that I would never let other "friends" know existed. Viz.- Relationship George and Independent George from Seinfeld.

Oh, but thanks for the explanation, mooper.
Read "The Transparent Society" by David Brin. Written in 1998 based on an article from 1996!
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