TAKEPLACE: FACEBOOK: A PLACE TO BROADCAST, BUT NOT FOR VULNERABILITY

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

FACEBOOK: A PLACE TO BROADCAST, BUT NOT FOR VULNERABILITY

Friending wasn't used as a verb until about five years ago, when social networks such as Friendster, MySpace and Facebook burst onto the scene.

Suddenly, our friends were something even better - an audience. If blogging felt like shouting into the void, posting updates on a social network felt more like an intimate conversation among friends at a pub.
Inevitably, as our list of friends grew to encompass acquaintances, friends of friends and the girl who sat behind us in seventh-grade homeroom, online friendships became devalued. WSJ

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