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		linspace on April 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My take on Elon's offer for Twitter > I'm too young to confirm but I assume we had something like this before social media took off. The period after most people moved to big cities and before internet was widespread was the golden age of privacy.

Karrot_Kream on April 16, 2022 [–]

Yes! I'm glad someone remembers. You could walk into a different bar, cafe, park and be a different person. It was a great way to find yourself as a young adult. Now social media makes everything permanent.

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