Comments on: On privacy http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/ thoughts about people, technology and when they collide Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:44:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dannie Jost http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-13388 Dannie Jost Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:03:44 +0000 http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/#comment-13388 I do wonder if we will leave an incidental trail of legacy bits as these various allegedly social software utilities - facebook, twitter, dopplr, and what.not - evolve and give way to whatever is next. The digital legacy will reflect some odd archeological pieces of our public and private lives, it may however be too dull and trivial to be of any curatorial interest for future historians. I like to think of these things as digital sand castles. I have been curious about these experiments, and these days I am getting towards the end stage of exploration. Twitter and Facebook are a bit like different kinds of bars. I go in, see what is going on, and then leave and forget it. On occasions I bump into somebody interesting and perhaps we have a chat, or wave to each other, then I leave and may not return for days or weeks. Like with real bars or coffee shops, they are not predictable places to find me in. I like your thoughts on privacy. It is very easy to engineer these days. I do wonder if we will leave an incidental trail of legacy bits as these various allegedly social software utilities – facebook, twitter, dopplr, and what.not – evolve and give way to whatever is next. The digital legacy will reflect some odd archeological pieces of our public and private lives, it may however be too dull and trivial to be of any curatorial interest for future historians. I like to think of these things as digital sand castles.

I have been curious about these experiments, and these days I am getting towards the end stage of exploration. Twitter and Facebook are a bit like different kinds of bars. I go in, see what is going on, and then leave and forget it. On occasions I bump into somebody interesting and perhaps we have a chat, or wave to each other, then I leave and may not return for days or weeks. Like with real bars or coffee shops, they are not predictable places to find me in.

I like your thoughts on privacy. It is very easy to engineer these days.

]]> By: Alexandra http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-13282 Alexandra Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:05:49 +0000 http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/#comment-13282 I dont think there's anything wrong with validation, just depends from how many sources :) I dont think there’s anything wrong with validation, just depends from how many sources :)

]]> By: Janne http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-13259 Janne Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:01:36 +0000 http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/#comment-13259 What's wrong with being validated? What’s wrong with being validated?

]]> By: Karola http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-13247 Karola Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:20:28 +0000 http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/#comment-13247 Prcivacy is indeed not on Maslows hierachie of needs...I had to look it up again. I find it strange as I was sure it is. According to what you say about prople exposing themselves you could also refer to Warhol and his theory of the 10 minute fame which to some extend is happening at platforms like Twitter, facebook (I don' use them so I don't really know) and flick. Its as if people build litte stages in front of their houses, do some tap dancing and hope every passer by has a look. Its the neverending need or longing for attention. Its seems its a lot more about being seen than not being seen these days. One has to make a decision what life is. Maintaining all these networking services is exhausting and actually leaves people with emtyness. Prcivacy is indeed not on Maslows hierachie of needs…I had to look it up again. I find it strange as I was sure it is.
According to what you say about prople exposing themselves you could also refer to Warhol and his theory of the 10 minute fame which to some extend is happening at platforms like Twitter, facebook (I don’ use them so I don’t really know) and flick. Its as if people build litte stages in front of their houses, do some tap dancing and hope every passer by has a look. Its the neverending need or longing for attention. Its seems its a lot more about being seen than not being seen these days.
One has to make a decision what life is. Maintaining all these networking services is exhausting and actually leaves people with emtyness.

]]> By: Alexandra http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-13241 Alexandra Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:36:50 +0000 http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/#comment-13241 Yeh totally, but i think its because we're in a slice of population that laps these services up as soon as they emerge, it's PR for us, for others its a search for validation. Yeh totally, but i think its because we’re in a slice of population that laps these services up as soon as they emerge, it’s PR for us, for others its a search for validation.

]]> By: Janne http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-13240 Janne Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:31:03 +0000 http://designswarm.com/blog/2009/03/28/on-privacy/#comment-13240 I always figured Twitters and Facebooks were just a controlled way of revealing bits of you to the world. I control my public image pretty heavily so that the content I create is the first one on Google. It's PR. It's the real me, but it's still PR. I always figured Twitters and Facebooks were just a controlled way of revealing bits of you to the world. I control my public image pretty heavily so that the content I create is the first one on Google.

It’s PR. It’s the real me, but it’s still PR.

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