Ooh, that’s good, lemme write that down.
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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Yeah, I don't document stuff online. If I see something I'm amused by, I may take a picture of it, but it stays with me. I think this means that when I'm dead, and techno-archeologists are digging through the digital strata, I will not have existed for I didn't leave a digital foot print. Outside mostly anonymous stuff like Lemmy of course, but nothing posted publicly as my real name.
People have always loved being able to take a photo using a real camera or disposable while at a concert, or while at the Grand Canyon. The two huge changes were putting high res digital cameras in everyone's pocket, combined with the more recent idea that anyone can post online and become famous. The latter gives peoples mundane lives an inflated importance, which prompts them to share everything they do. Because of this behavior I think people also feel like, "If I don't have a video of the fireworks, I can't prove I was there, did it even happen!?".
I don't expect this to change much, sadly.