The two things that suck are: 1. The illusion of intimacy 2. The illusion of ephemerality People think they chat to a small number of people, and people thin

The two things that suck are: 1. The illusion of intimacy 2. The illusion of ephemerality People think they chat to a small number of people, and people think that it's going to go away at some point. So they think they're in a private conversation when they're not. They wouldn't behave the same if they realized what they say is being written down and stored forever in some database. And yes, it sucks that technology doesn't allow you to have it both ways => public because you want to reach far and wide, and private cause you don't want it recorded.