Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Exhibitionism and Voyeurism on the Pre and Post Web World

Acts and concern about confidentiality was widely accepted and considered normal on the Pre Web World... but this no longer applies. The web has released the exhibitionism and voyeurism present within everyone's soul. There is no longer room (nor desire) for hiding nor discretion. Orkut, My Space, YouTube and others, have fed this ever present feeling of exposure. But what has developed this need to communicate?
The early internet days was filled with chat rooms full of made believe people acting, pretending and sharing fake pictures. The creation of this virtual reality led people to release themselves ( as what was being exposed was actually their alter-egos, while their intimacy was still kept protected from the outer world).
Nevertheless a generation was raised with the notion of acceptance of exposition, and was just a matter of time for them to feel compelled to post (on the web) intimacies that were before seldom shared even with best friends. Personal journals, photo albums, pen-friends were rapidly replaced by their public counter parts ( blogs, photo-blogs, scrapbooks ).
This massive lack of inhibition generates an unimaginable amount of changes in our culture, on how we are defined and who we are. The simple concept of sharing leads to a stronger sense of community and acceptance which is much needed in today's world.
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