Article 3KBFC Young people hate Facebook because it forces them to have a single identity

Young people hate Facebook because it forces them to have a single identity

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Cory Doctorow
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Social media has always had a real-names problem. Social media companies want their users to use their real names because it makes it easier to advertise to them. Users want to be able to show different facets of their identities to different people, because only a sociopath interacts with their boss, their kids, and their spouse in the same way. (more")

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