As the use of the internet creeps into our day to day life, things change. Let me rephrase that, as the use of the Internet has become taken for granted in our day to day life so have we changed.
How much have we really changed? Is it our need for less privacy in the modern world or is it our lack of awareness of the digital world?
Some time ago I read “the MySpace generation shows pictures, texts, blogs and shares things generation X and baby boomers kept to themselves.” I’m not entirely sure it is the “MySpace” generation, I believe that as we become more and more accustomed to life on the net the more relaxed we become in how we use it. The line between the need for privacy and the need for an audience blurs.
I’m a big fan of appropriate behavior. Just as I wouldn’t dine at fine restaurant in the same garb or attitude as my local Mickey D’s, I wouldn’t tweet my address or measurements the same way I might share that same info in a personal email. (OK, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to share my measurements with anyone, but you get the idea).
All this begs the question, are people really interested in what everyone has to share and should we be letting it all hang out?
