Comments on: Anticipating “Internet Fame” http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2893.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Steve http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2893.html/comment-page-1#comment-9445 Steve Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:06:19 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002893.php#comment-9445 The degree to which one fears self-disclosure in a public forum, is directly proportional to the amount of subtle coercion one bows to in one's daily life. Unfortunately humans respond to coercion and we can't eliminate it completely. My wife just told me to take out the trash, or else. I will comply. But if you are fearing repercussions from your workplace, church, community, or wife, you can be sure they hold some form of coercive control over your behaviors. -Steve The degree to which one fears self-disclosure in a public forum, is directly proportional to the amount of subtle coercion one bows to in one’s daily life.

Unfortunately humans respond to coercion and we can’t eliminate it completely. My wife just told me to take out the trash, or else. I will comply.

But if you are fearing repercussions from your workplace, church, community, or wife, you can be sure they hold some form of coercive control over your behaviors.

-Steve

]]> By: James daSilva http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2893.html/comment-page-1#comment-9444 James daSilva Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:02:13 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002893.php#comment-9444 The stuff that kids at my college put online is astounding. Pictures of all sorts of drunkenness and the like are out there, often advertised in people's AIM profiles (which, with Thefacebook.com and the like, are accessible to far more people than just your buddies). The other problem is that you can't even control it. If you're at a party or something and someone takes a picture, you might be online and not even know it. And any picture can be placed out of context. I think the problem might be worse with Internet-savvy people. They trust the Internet too much, and honestly, most people don't even think that anything bad can arise from online websites, photos, etc. The stuff that kids at my college put online is astounding. Pictures of all sorts of drunkenness and the like are out there, often advertised in people’s AIM profiles (which, with Thefacebook.com and the like, are accessible to far more people than just your buddies). The other problem is that you can’t even control it. If you’re at a party or something and someone takes a picture, you might be online and not even know it. And any picture can be placed out of context.
I think the problem might be worse with Internet-savvy people. They trust the Internet too much, and honestly, most people don’t even think that anything bad can arise from online websites, photos, etc.

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