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I'm not even sure he's right His two initial examples, public grooming and public over-affection, are things that have been happening at least since I was 6 (ac
by SamAtt 16y ago
I'm not even sure he's right His two initial examples, public grooming and public over-affection, are things that have been happening at least since I was 6 (actually I first saw someone putting makeup on in the car when I was 8 but I assume that practice existed before the first time I saw it)
I'm starting to think the whole "Facebook-Generation" clap trap is more an invention of the media than anything else.
Maybe it's just me but in my group of Facebook friends there are a few people who post everything they do and the rest remain relatively silent (generally only checking in when they think they have something funny and/or profound to say). The few people produce much more now that the tools exist to make it drop dead simple to do but it's still the same few people. It isn't like everyone just started sharing everything about themselves.
- jessriedel 16y agoThis is my anecdotal experience as well. It would be great to see a distribution of activity level for facebookers, and how much high-activity facebookers tend to associate with each other. My guess is that the low activity level of older generations is better explained by their unfamiliarity with computers than a lower threshold for embarrassment.
- jacquesm 16y agoThat could very well be a surprising revelation. After all, the more time you spend on facebook the less time there is for other activities, including association with others.