About privacy – a different approach

a study published in 2007 in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication suggested that hanging onto old friends via Facebook may alleviate feelings of isolation for students whose transition to campus life had proved rocky. Evidently they took comfort in knowing that “Dylan is drinking Peets.” That may well be, but something is drowned in that virtual coffee cup — an opportunity for insight, for growth through loneliness. Perhaps my nieces will find a new way to establish distance from their former selves, to clear space for introspection and transformation. Perhaps they will evolve through judicious deleting and updating of profile information, through the constant awareness of their public face.

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So are you sure you wanna be connected all the time, or do you need a time for yourself – and only for yourself?

What language is this?

This is an interesting website: it identifies languages. And the one I mentioned in my last post… was Indonesian. Okay.

Twitter: do you care?

Especially while waiting for my period, I may be a little high-maintenance. Boyfriend doesn’t call, I wonder if he has stopped loving me; boyfriend calls, I wish that he didn’t because I wanted to take a nap. But when it comes to technology, I’m always an enthusiast. However, some things just don’t call my attention, and Twitter is one of them. Everybody’s talking about it, but I swear I don’t care what you’re doing right now and there’s no chance I would get addicted to such a website. Curiously, despite having been an ICQ fan centuries ago, I just can’t stand the MSN. What’s the point of talking bullshit to your friends online? When I try to use MSN, either I get dizzy among all those popping up messages from a dozen of eager friends who become furious if they don’t get answered soon, or I get my fingers aching for two days. I still prefer using my mouth to gossip.