16th February 2010, 1:43 PM
Ugh, again this isn't about people on the internet not being "real people". I already learned that lesson, long ago. It's about the total lack of a need to tell friends what my family is up to because it's none of their business, and visa versa. It's the same reason I'd rather not find out about the personal life of people like Miyamoto. That's his own business. I just care about his creative talents, and prying further is just plain rude.
I don't want people to know what the other people I know are doing. It's because those people's privacy should be respected, and really it's none of their business. There's nothing evil or wrong about wanting to keep secrets. There's perfectly legimitate secrets to keep outside of criminal activity and "scandels" ya know. That lady who didn't want her abusive ex knowing anything about her family is one key example.
Anyway, google is accepting this reality of a lot of people's lives and now has changed their buzz service to be opt-in instead of opt-out, as it should have been. I'm not saying everyone should keep everything bottled up if they don't want to, I'm saying people should be free to NOT share and there's nothing wrong with that. I reject the notion that it shows a lack of character growth.
I mean imagine the chaos if I told you about what my family is up to? I might be expected to mention if there's been a fight, and then the worst case scenario, I would have to "listen" to "advice" on it. Ugh, no thank you. Yeah, then I'd have to log in and "keep you up to date", your "thoughts would be with me", some of your advice might actually work, then I'd have to thank you... I'd be mentioning the good times too, suddenly there's "hey that's great news, congratulations!" and "ya know what you should do next is" or "hey that's interesting can I ask you more about...". It's just this rat's nest of human interaction and I'd rather not get into it.
Isn't it enough to grace you with the shining radiance of my glorious personality every now and then without getting bogged down in other people I know?
I don't want people to know what the other people I know are doing. It's because those people's privacy should be respected, and really it's none of their business. There's nothing evil or wrong about wanting to keep secrets. There's perfectly legimitate secrets to keep outside of criminal activity and "scandels" ya know. That lady who didn't want her abusive ex knowing anything about her family is one key example.
Anyway, google is accepting this reality of a lot of people's lives and now has changed their buzz service to be opt-in instead of opt-out, as it should have been. I'm not saying everyone should keep everything bottled up if they don't want to, I'm saying people should be free to NOT share and there's nothing wrong with that. I reject the notion that it shows a lack of character growth.
I mean imagine the chaos if I told you about what my family is up to? I might be expected to mention if there's been a fight, and then the worst case scenario, I would have to "listen" to "advice" on it. Ugh, no thank you. Yeah, then I'd have to log in and "keep you up to date", your "thoughts would be with me", some of your advice might actually work, then I'd have to thank you... I'd be mentioning the good times too, suddenly there's "hey that's great news, congratulations!" and "ya know what you should do next is" or "hey that's interesting can I ask you more about...". It's just this rat's nest of human interaction and I'd rather not get into it.
Isn't it enough to grace you with the shining radiance of my glorious personality every now and then without getting bogged down in other people I know?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)