So I’ve been reading Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language by Robin Dunbar.
And I’ve been thinking a lot about how we present ourselves online, the different contexts in which we operate, what we say, what we don’t say. How much we can keep track of, how much slips away.
danah boyd has been doing actual research about these things. Here’s a great talk she gave at UNC. It takes a while to download, but it’s totally worth it.