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I brushed it off as a mere novelty when Snapchat came with the idea of ephemeral posts. I was wrong. It really changes our relationship with the posts, which me

I brushed it off as a mere novelty when Snapchat came with the idea of ephemeral posts. I was wrong. It really changes our relationship with the posts, which means we share things that we wouldn't share in other way. That's pretty neat, but can be abused easily. The stories are basically turning people into vloggers. Depending on how often you post, you'll be in constantly thinking "should I be recording this?" or "what's the next shot?". This can be really draining for the person and their friends. There are few things that annoy me more than someone recording a video in a bar or a club. Even worse when they use flash. Casey Neistat, of YouTube fame, is a great example of a "serial vlogger", someone that has been vlogging his life for decades. For example, on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIc944bSJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIc944bSJ8 he talks about his girlfriend (now wife). He has footage from 2005 on their first date, hard conversations when they broke up, and (it seems) every highlight of their history. It makes an amazing video, I'd love to be able to rewatch those moments in my life. However, can you imagine living with a friend that's constantly recording their lives (including you)? That's where we are headed...

EliRivers 8y ago
I wonder how such a thing would affect people; currently, people change their memories depending on how they feel and what's happened recently and what they hope or expect for the future and how they remembered it the last time (I'm not convinced this is inherently a bad thing). Being unable to do that, being constantly confronted with recorded history differing with our own recollections; what would be the consequences of that?
- donkeyd 8y ago
  There's at least one Black Mirror episode about this premise. If I remember correctly, some others also touch this. It's worth while to watch a couple episodes. They're not all great, but many are good food for thought if you like to philosophize about the impact of technology on our future.
  - vitorbaptistaa 8y ago
    That's a pretty interesting episode, S01E03 for those who are curious. The Electric Dreams series also has an interesting episode on this (S01E05), but focusing more on virtual reality than re-living your own past (although one can easily imagine a VR of your own memories).
nasredin 8y ago
OT. The YouTube "trending" page is full of these type of videos. Most of them look artificial and pretencious IMHO. Maybe it's a generational thing. WRT Casey Neistat, his face bothers me so much, I really want to punch it. Maybe it's just envy and anger at his success despite having a very ugly face and pretencious sunglasses. (Casey and Steven Mnuchin. I do not know what it is, but I just can't tolerate their faces.)
gumby 8y ago
I wonder. When I had a kid I tried to take more video, but there was always a tradeoff between living an experience or standing beside it to video it. While taking a photo is more transient and less interruptive. Taking a photo to show someone who isn't there is more like a video than just taking a quick snap to remind yourself or other participants of a good time.
EADGBE 8y ago
> However, can you imagine living with a friend that's constantly recording their lives (including you)? I can imagine; I hope it's better than the blue screen glow that takes over all my friend's faces when I get the once-a-summer chance to hang out with them.

EliRivers 8y ago

I wonder how such a thing would affect people; currently, people change their memories depending on how they feel and what's happened recently and what they hope or expect for the future and how they remembered it the last time (I'm not convinced this is inherently a bad thing). Being unable to do that, being constantly confronted with recorded history differing with our own recollections; what would be the consequences of that?

donkeyd 8y ago
There's at least one Black Mirror episode about this premise. If I remember correctly, some others also touch this. It's worth while to watch a couple episodes. They're not all great, but many are good food for thought if you like to philosophize about the impact of technology on our future.
- vitorbaptistaa 8y ago
  That's a pretty interesting episode, S01E03 for those who are curious. The Electric Dreams series also has an interesting episode on this (S01E05), but focusing more on virtual reality than re-living your own past (although one can easily imagine a VR of your own memories).

nasredin 8y ago

OT. The YouTube "trending" page is full of these type of videos. Most of them look artificial and pretencious IMHO. Maybe it's a generational thing. WRT Casey Neistat, his face bothers me so much, I really want to punch it. Maybe it's just envy and anger at his success despite having a very ugly face and pretencious sunglasses. (Casey and Steven Mnuchin. I do not know what it is, but I just can't tolerate their faces.)

gumby 8y ago

I wonder. When I had a kid I tried to take more video, but there was always a tradeoff between living an experience or standing beside it to video it. While taking a photo is more transient and less interruptive. Taking a photo to show someone who isn't there is more like a video than just taking a quick snap to remind yourself or other participants of a good time.

EADGBE 8y ago

> However, can you imagine living with a friend that's constantly recording their lives (including you)? I can imagine; I hope it's better than the blue screen glow that takes over all my friend's faces when I get the once-a-summer chance to hang out with them.