[MyData & Open Data] we want privacy and also share everything

Sun Oct 5 11:43:59 UTC 2014

says some nyt article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/sunday-review/we-want-privacy-but-cant-stop-sharing.html?_r=0

> A three-year German study ending in 2012 showed that the more people
> disclosed about themselves on social media, the more privacy they said they
> desired. The lead author of the study, Sabine Trepte, a professor of media
> psychology at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, said the paradox
> indicated participants’ dissatisfaction with what they got in return for
> giving away so much about themselves.
>
> “It’s a bad deal because what they get is mainly informational support like
> maybe a tip for a restaurant or link to an article,” she said. “What they
> don’t get is the kind of emotional and instrumental support that leads to
> well-being, like a shoulder to cry on or someone who will sit by your
> bedside at the hospital.”
>
> And yet, she added, they continued to participate because they were afraid
> of being left out or judged by others as unplugged and unengaged losers. So
> the cycle of disclosure followed by feelings of vulnerability and general
> dissatisfaction continued.

quite irrational.

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