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Social Networking: it's come to this...
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| The17sss |
Seriously, are too many people not getting narcissistic enough these days, feeling the need to Tweet and Facebook every 10 minutes to tell everyone what they are doing, as if they are really "that" important??
This makes the bluetooth earpiece and social networking sites look tame. Coming soon: LIFELOGGING. It's a pendant you wear around your neck with a little camera inside aimed at your face, recording every second of your life so "all those people who are so intereted in you" can be relieved that they don't have to wonder anymore :wtf:
| quote: | Last week news broke that a commercial version of a camera worn around the neck to capture photos of your every moment is to be launched. It was originally invented to help people with memory problems.
It has been said before that an era of lifelogging, in which people will record and broadcast their daily lives, is on the way. But this time it might happen – people are already capturing many things about their lives and sharing them via social networking sites. The launch of the new camera and new research from Microsoft suggest people are ready to take the final steps.
...in field tests volunteers used their "glancephones" for a lot more. They wanted others to see what they were doing, not that they were busy: for example, showing off that they were eating in a fancy restaurant or letting colleagues see they were at home watching TV while the others were working late.
What's more, the gadget intended to stop untimely electronic chat quickly became another channel for it. When someone looks out of your glancephone, the phone lets you know with a visual notification of their name. People soon began to interpret those as a request to peer back at someone through their own glancephone. They became like network-enabled versions of the ViconRevue. |
http://www.newscientist.com/article...ref=online-news
Read the rest of the article... it's laughable and disturbing all at the same time. |
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| Banora |
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| WittyHandle |
| Sounds like your problem is with people who take them too far, rather than the majority of people who use them within reason. Those people do annoy the out of me though. Why not just post "I desperately need attention"? |
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| Lira |
This should be interesting. It could be a nice way to record events, lectures, and films. It could also help people with memory problems, as originally intended, and could help caretakers dealing with people with mental diseases.
But, as every new gadget, its misuses will be far more criticised than its uses, and there's going to be some incessant mindless bitching about narcissists and stalkers... as if we should care about them in the first place. |
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| shaw |
| best of all, it's free when you try privacy matters 123. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by WittyHandle
Sounds like your problem is with people who take them too far, rather than the majority of people who use them within reason. Those people do annoy the out of me though. Why not just post "I desperately need attention"? |
You're right... it's (my issue) definitely not with the social networking regulars. But if something like this is coming to the marketplace, then there's a demand for it. This means there are too many self centered baffoons out there. :D |
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| Lira |
| Hey, Your.Flowingdata looks interesting. It may be a good way to keep track of your diet/exercises... the article briefly mentions it, but I had never heard of it before. Does anyone use this tool? |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by WittyHandle
Sounds like your problem is with people who take them too far, rather than the majority of people who use them within reason. Those people do annoy the out of me though. Why not just post "I desperately need attention"? |
How do you use the device 'within reason'? It is pointless and narcissistic whichever way you look at it. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
How do you use the device 'within reason'? It is pointless and narcissistic whichever way you look at it. |
May first post had plenty of examples =/ |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
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