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Agreed. Clay Shirky made a similar point in Here Comes Everybody. Or maybe it was Cognitive Surplus. (Crap, sorry, it's been a while.)

His analogy, IIRC: teens treat social media as hanging out at the food court with friends, not as public speech. To them, adults eavesdropping are the creeps, not the kids just being kids. Like, why would adults even be listening? It's just gross.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Everybody_(book)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_Surplus




Interesting, I'll need to give those a read. They sound interesting and related to what I've been thinking about lately. Thanks.




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