Back
when I first had the internet on my phone, I would be able to view Facebook
posts without photos. It was quite
interesting because it would just be a name and text. In theory though, I’d really love to develop
a program for social media where we can have attributes such as interests in
music, movies, arts, etc. and then have nothing revealed about our age, race or
gender.
It
would be an interesting social experiment if nothing else to see who you bond
with that you might not otherwise think you would because you automatically
rule them out based on one of those three factors we’re not supposed to
consider but we do anyway.
And
let’s face it, your significant other couldn’t get jealous if you liked 0075361
because who knows who that is exactly, am I right? It’s kind of like how AOL used to be when
the internet first went boom.
Although,
for certain things, there would be a distinguishable difference between male
and female. For example, if someone was
writing about being pregnant, no matter what their number you would assume they
were female if they had morning sickness.
So
what do you do? Do you take that bit,
that piece of information and censor it?
Are the numbers then not allowed to discuss things which may reveal
their gender? Is it really worth
protecting your pseudo-sexism in favor of censorship?
I
don’t know about you, but I’d much rather have people be themselves and
celebrate their differences rather than try to hide them. Yes, we are all equal, but that doesn’t mean
we’re all the same. Let’s get together
and be friends because we’re different not because we’re being white washed to
fit a generic mold.
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