On The Internet, Everyone Wants You To Know They're A Dog
from the woof,-woof dept
The famous cartoon from the New Yorker pointed out that "on the internet, no one knows you're a dog," as a way of highlighting the supposed anonymity of the internet. While online anonymity often turns out to be less anonymous than people believe, Michael Kinsley has written up a column at his old stomping ground, Slate, pointing out that it often seems like the hot trend online is the opposite of anonymity. That is, people use the internet for its exhibitionist qualities -- and that trend has only grown stronger over time. He talks about the trend from basic personal websites to social networking to new tools that let you broadcast exactly what you're doing all the time. For many people, the internet seems to be empowering in the fact that it allows them to get rid of the anonymity, in part by assuming that someone, somewhere, actually cares about who you are and what you're doing right this very minute.
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'People who Need People are the Luckiest People in
Prior to The Internet (1970's)
Most people had to limit themselves to:
Schoolmates
Co-workers
Family
Neighbors
Fan Club letter exchanges
if none of them satisfied you, you stayed alone.....or just watched Televsion or Listen to the Radio for comfort
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In the 1970s CB radios - and call-in Radio Talk shows allowed people to interact outside their in person group.
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In the 1980s Talk Lines became another outlet for extending your reach outside of an in person network
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In the 1990s there was Web 1.0, it brought about forums, message boards, Web blogs, Emai, Personal Homepagel and Chat
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In the 2000s there is Web 2.0, which offers Web personal Web cams, Video Sharing, Music Sharing, Tagged Web blogs , Social Bookmarking, Online Learning ...(and the decade is not even over!)
You can now extend your potential reach to the entire globe, then choose people who exactly harmonize with you.
If you are introspective, there are more personlized, private options -
if you are extroverted and just want constant 24/7 contact regardless of whether your harmonize or not, there are many more options for you.
You can judge or be judged by the world if you so choose.
It will be intesting to see what advanced occur in the 2200s.
Can anyone predict? :-o
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Re: 'People who Need People are the Luckiest Peopl
I guess there could be a fourth, people will be like they are now only with more cool stuff.
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Why worry about rejection when you have a robot?
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Meanwhile, Agent Smith and his Spam Droogies; The Viral Villains, and the Cyper Snoops, are tirelessly working 'round the clock to find and erradicate us! But that's part of the "game".
Hold on, I'm jacking back in...
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LOL
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AOL is the Matrix. People on AOL think they're really on the internet, when they're really protected in a microcosm, buffered from harsh reality.
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sad sad world
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safer world?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_and_jelly_sandwich
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