12-19-2018, 09:01 PM
How could people give all of their personal info to Facebook and think that's a good idea, rather than having their own website? Nothing in the entire history of the Internet before Facebook suggested using your real name online would be a good idea.
Most people have an inferiority complex about being perceived as backwards, and see technology as an easy way to avoid that appearance. (Remember when flip phones came out, and people made a big show of using their phones at inappropriate moments?) People want to be hip, and they think technology makes them hip.
Becoming an "Internet celebrity" with 100,000+ followers is not only easier than making it big in Hollywood, it's an obtainable goal for a lot more people. The opportunity is too alluring for most people to pass up. Being a celebrity automatically makes a person hip and sophisticated in their minds.
And there was no apparent down side to pursuing it before now. Zuckerberg and his ilk lured everyone into a false sense of security with free services that appeared completely harmless on the surface.
Most people have an inferiority complex about being perceived as backwards, and see technology as an easy way to avoid that appearance. (Remember when flip phones came out, and people made a big show of using their phones at inappropriate moments?) People want to be hip, and they think technology makes them hip.
Becoming an "Internet celebrity" with 100,000+ followers is not only easier than making it big in Hollywood, it's an obtainable goal for a lot more people. The opportunity is too alluring for most people to pass up. Being a celebrity automatically makes a person hip and sophisticated in their minds.
And there was no apparent down side to pursuing it before now. Zuckerberg and his ilk lured everyone into a false sense of security with free services that appeared completely harmless on the surface.
