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Facebook is lots of people putting on a charade. I've played, too. You put on a fake persona that is your maximally awesome self. Every like, share, or comment,

Facebook is lots of people putting on a charade. I've played, too. You put on a fake persona that is your maximally awesome self. Every like, share, or comment, is done with calculated forethought and with the result in mind. How will people interpret this? Will it project the right image of me? Will my net opinion be increased or decreased among my Facebook friends' by this action? Is it compatible with current and/or future employers? Of course, there are probably people who don't care what other people think about them on Facebook and are just totally open. But I don't know any of those people.

samnardoni 12y ago
And people don't do this in "real life" too?
- jcromartie 12y ago
  Sure they do in certain contexts. But every action on Facebook except for private messages has to be this way because of the nature of the platform. If "real life" encompasses "every human experience" then there are many many opportunities in which you can be honest about yourself, be candid, be true to your own whims and desires, without giving much consideration as to what other people will think about it. Facebook is then a subset of real life where certain types of facades and maneuvering are the rule.
  - rmc 12y ago
    Name away-from-keyboard contexts where people don't do this. It's not a common as you seem to claim.
TeMPOraL 12y ago
> You put on a fake persona that is your maximally awesome self. Well, that's what you do. Others just write what they think and share what they life, caring only slightly to stay within the cultural norms. Exactly like in real life. There are lots of people who are calculating how they look, what they say, etc. in physical world as well. "How will people interpret this? Will it project the right image of me? Will my net opinion be increased or decreased among my friends' by this action? Is it compatible with current and/or future employers?" are they questions they ask themselves all the time.
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samnardoni 12y ago

And people don't do this in "real life" too?

jcromartie 12y ago
Sure they do in certain contexts. But every action on Facebook except for private messages has to be this way because of the nature of the platform. If "real life" encompasses "every human experience" then there are many many opportunities in which you can be honest about yourself, be candid, be true to your own whims and desires, without giving much consideration as to what other people will think about it. Facebook is then a subset of real life where certain types of facades and maneuvering are the rule.
- rmc 12y ago
  Name away-from-keyboard contexts where people don't do this. It's not a common as you seem to claim.

TeMPOraL 12y ago

> You put on a fake persona that is your maximally awesome self. Well, that's what you do. Others just write what they think and share what they life, caring only slightly to stay within the cultural norms. Exactly like in real life. There are lots of people who are calculating how they look, what they say, etc. in physical world as well. "How will people interpret this? Will it project the right image of me? Will my net opinion be increased or decreased among my friends' by this action? Is it compatible with current and/or future employers?" are they questions they ask themselves all the time.

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