[ih] The Sub-atomic Physics of The Internet

[Leo Vegoda]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 7:07 AM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via
Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> On 29/08/2020 15:37, Dave Crocker via Internet-history wrote:
> > The only interesting question, here, is why we put up with this?
>
> Because we as humans like resiliency. Because when service A fails, we
> use service B to find out what's going on.

I don't disagree but I think there's a more fundamental issue. These
are *social* networks. People operate in different social contexts and
want to present themselves differently in a professional context than
in a family context or a dating context. If each of these is
independent, it's easy enough to turn off the contexts that are not
relevant at any given time.

It is no different than people dressing differently or speaking with
different levels of formality.

Regards,

Leo