On Jul 2, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Chauncey Wilson wrote:
While I see your point about archiving and understand your objections,
knowing that your statements are archived in a public database or
Googleable (not sure if that is a word) can certainly influence how
freely one discusses a topic and how much detail to include and what
to discuss. One's perceptions of the extent to which conversations
are saved and distributed and accessible to others can influence the
style and content of conversations. Social norms (whether you like
them or not) and other social psych principles do have an impact on
one's interactions over social networks.
I agree. Knowing that something is archived changes behavior.
My point was that the group you're refering to pretends that it's ok
to talk freely, when, in fact, it has the same consequences as a group
that's archived. Since the membership role isn't published and anyone
who asks to join is let in, you can never be sure who is seeing the
content you want to "talk freely" about.
Since you can never be sure, your behavior will also change.
The only difference is the group insists its different when it really
isn't. Isn't that more insidious?
I think so.
Jared
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