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Instagram Stories at Two: What Price Have We Paid for Recording Everything?

13 points by mgiannopoulos 8y ago

GoRudy 8y ago
I went to soul cycle yesterday. A girl in the front of class starts filming the instructor. He asks her to stop. She laughs. She films again. He asks her to leave. She doesn’t. Films again.
clay_the_ripper 8y ago
Social media and specifically Instagram stories has simply enabled a new mode of living. Living used to be 1:1, now it can be 1:many. People who have embraced this new way of living may seem incomprehensible to those who still choose to live 1:1. As it has been, and will continue to be forever, people who choose a new mode of living will be judged, ostracized and scrutinized but those who don’t agree with their way of living. I would argue this same judgement and confusion has persisted through history. “Oh now women are showing their ankles how terrible” “oh now people don’t wear dinner jackets to dinner, how horrible” “oh now teenagers are having sex, how horrible” “oh now people have sex before marriage how horrible” “oh now people watch tv instead of read how horrible” and on and on and on. Change is inevitable. Before you start to judge how others choose to live, perhaps examine your own viewpoints and biases. Are these downsides to change? Yes. Can you ever stop it? No. I think it’s easy to say “oh kids These days do blank how horrible”. And articles like this come along and selectively interview people to prove how horrible it is, so we can all run around with our panties in a collective bunch about how horrible everything is.
- nzjrs 8y ago
  Time will tell of course, but I don't believe history will look fondly on these times. At some point I believe their will be a reckoning in the shape of that which brought down the tobacco industry, but directed towards the psychological warfare being fought for our attention. Remember, people quite liked to smoke too.
- speedplane 8y ago
  I am 34. My fiance is 27. She has a handful of friends that are a few years younger in their ealry 20s. In my generation (born ~1990 and earlier), social media can be good entertainment and potentially help your career or business. In later generations (~1995 and younger), being on social media is not just a "nice thing", it's mandatory. If you're not active, with friends, posting envy-inducing photos, you just don't exist. Many teenagers and early 20 year olds face huge anxiety over their online presence. So in response to your point, I don't blame their "generation" for this behavior, of being a rotten generation. To be clear, it was our generation that did it to them, extolling the virtues of technology and communication with no limits, always assuming that being connected was a purely positive gain, turning objects like the iPhone into religious relics. My generation started with rotary phones and got handheld mobiles and were happy with that. But if you're born with that, instant access to everyone any anyone, it's bound to change the way you interact with others.

13 points by mgiannopoulos 8y ago

I went to soul cycle yesterday. A girl in the front of class starts filming the instructor. He asks her to stop. She laughs. She films again. He asks her to leave. She doesn’t. Films again.

clay_the_ripper 8y ago

Social media and specifically Instagram stories has simply enabled a new mode of living. Living used to be 1:1, now it can be 1:many. People who have embraced this new way of living may seem incomprehensible to those who still choose to live 1:1. As it has been, and will continue to be forever, people who choose a new mode of living will be judged, ostracized and scrutinized but those who don’t agree with their way of living. I would argue this same judgement and confusion has persisted through history. “Oh now women are showing their ankles how terrible” “oh now people don’t wear dinner jackets to dinner, how horrible” “oh now teenagers are having sex, how horrible” “oh now people have sex before marriage how horrible” “oh now people watch tv instead of read how horrible” and on and on and on. Change is inevitable. Before you start to judge how others choose to live, perhaps examine your own viewpoints and biases. Are these downsides to change? Yes. Can you ever stop it? No. I think it’s easy to say “oh kids These days do blank how horrible”. And articles like this come along and selectively interview people to prove how horrible it is, so we can all run around with our panties in a collective bunch about how horrible everything is.

nzjrs 8y ago
Time will tell of course, but I don't believe history will look fondly on these times. At some point I believe their will be a reckoning in the shape of that which brought down the tobacco industry, but directed towards the psychological warfare being fought for our attention. Remember, people quite liked to smoke too.
speedplane 8y ago
I am 34. My fiance is 27. She has a handful of friends that are a few years younger in their ealry 20s. In my generation (born ~1990 and earlier), social media can be good entertainment and potentially help your career or business. In later generations (~1995 and younger), being on social media is not just a "nice thing", it's mandatory. If you're not active, with friends, posting envy-inducing photos, you just don't exist. Many teenagers and early 20 year olds face huge anxiety over their online presence. So in response to your point, I don't blame their "generation" for this behavior, of being a rotten generation. To be clear, it was our generation that did it to them, extolling the virtues of technology and communication with no limits, always assuming that being connected was a purely positive gain, turning objects like the iPhone into religious relics. My generation started with rotary phones and got handheld mobiles and were happy with that. But if you're born with that, instant access to everyone any anyone, it's bound to change the way you interact with others.