2026-05-09 14:52 UTC
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@jargoggles@kolektiva.social 2026-05-09 15:20
@stveje@mstdn.social @CiaraNi@mastodon.green More virulent in that it spreads farther faster, but also in the fact that *it never goes away.* Those embarrassing moments you and I had when we were kids? They only exist in the memories of the people who were there. In my experience, there are maybe a small handful that I think anyone reliably remembers and, even then, the edges of those memories have been softened with time. Now, those moments exist everywhere, forever, on-demand, and in HD, whether you consent or not.
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@tasket@infosec.exchange 2026-05-09 19:17
@stveje@mstdn.social @CiaraNi@mastodon.green I'm in my 50s, remember how camcorders became (a little) popular and the way all the people in a room got a deer-in-headlights stance (obviously self-conscious) when you picked up such a device and pointed it at them. Manufacturers used to unfailingly put that red status light on the front of camcorders to let people know when they were recording. Nowadays that is a quaint courtesy from a bygone era. People are now constantly subdued, which is how they stay "posed" for the cams. People can't simply "be" in their immediate social circles anymore. They have to be in the entire world all the time. It reminds me of an Arthur Clarke story, "The Light of Other Days".