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   joanne mcneil (jomc@friend.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 06:14:31 JST joanne mcneil

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   i dont think social media is net negative as much as the big tech form of it is corrosive. but also, if you are under 40ish- 50ish, you are either sharing your life online or deliberately avoiding sharing your life online. ambivalence isn't really possible anymore.

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     joanne mcneil (jomc@friend.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 06:14:31 JST joanne mcneil

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     sorry I can't quite articulate this better but what I mean is, you are either abstain (in a slightly antisocial way) or make "day in the life of a poll worker" tiktoks (or fall somewhere in the middle).

     but the ideal, for so many ways of living/working/relating to others would be if we could take our privacy for granted.

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     joanne mcneil (jomc@friend.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 06:14:32 JST joanne mcneil

     I was struck by this (rather well-written for the nyt) profile of a poll worker in rural WI, who has counted votes for years.

     made me think of how most people my parents age or older live ordinarily lives away from public attention/scrutiny and media coverage.

     it's hard for me to imagine someone existing like this / a profile that could possibly be written like this in two, three decades

     https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/us/wisconsin-votes-ballots.html

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