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 This post on the New Yorker's website today by Matt Buchanan has some interesting observations about our generation's proclivity for sharing. Not much will be new to this class, but I found it a bit discomforting that Buchanan (and supposedly those from whom he gets his input on young folks' attitude) is intrigued by Snapchat, the new-ish social media phenomenon that allows users to share pictures and texts with each other for a short time; after a period of up to ten seconds (the duration is chosen by the sender) the data is deleted from the recipient's phone. Buchanan finds Snapchat a welcome relief from the constant documentation we're expected to engage in:

"Snapchat highlights the power of deletion in resisting the gentle totalitarianism of endless sharing. Deletion pokes holes in these records; it is a destabilizing force that calls into question their authority, particularly as complete documentation of a person’s online identity, which Facebook and Twitter increasingly purport to be. It is the only way to be selective, to make choices, when everything is shared."


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